L'année à l'étranger

Discovering Paris and all of its wondrous delights.

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Closing down Ladurée is a dangerous business. 

(happy memory from a cold night in January).

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la météo

Sunshine, sleet, thunder & lightning, double rainbows, and rain seem to be the simultaneous weather forecast of the moment in Paris

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This was yum.....

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Paris sous la neige

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"You'll never get me back on the farm after this."

Yes, exactly Bill Cunningham. Exactly.  

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So happy the one beautiful day in Paris happened when these ladies were in town. 

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L'Opera

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A little Beethoven's 7th and les nouvelles cloches de notre dame.

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La louvre

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Galleries Lafayette

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Same-sex marriage approved by the French national assembly, 12.02.2013. (1) 329 against 229 votes. (2) Christiane Taubira, most prominent defender of the project. Excerpt of her speech for marriage and adoption equality [x] (3) National Assembly. Some debates on this law lasted over 16 hours. (4) Deputies Galut and Bays kiss “for solidarity”. 

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It may be freezing outside, but it sure looks gorgeous!