Opera Garnier

I of course already (on my previous blog) posted about Opera Garnier. However, being in the entrance hall the other day, I could not resist against taking some more shots of this almost “overdecorated” place.

(Another preprogrammed post, while I’m away in the south, looking for sun.)

Some Notre Dame "details"...

I of course already posted a number of times on Notre Dame. I was there again some time ago together with a friend. Of course I had to take some additional photos.

(Another preprogrammed post, while I’m away in the south, looking for sun.)

Louxor

When you travel on metro line 2, reaching the station Barbès Rochechouart, you will see this intriguing building. 

This cinema theatre, Louxor, was opened in 1921 the design being quite Egyptian as well as the name of the theatre. In 1983 the cinema activity was given up, Louxor was sold and the intention was to create some kind of department store (Tati), but it became a night club, a discotheque… before being abandoned around 1990. Finally, the City of Paris, decided to save the building and to bring it back to its original task, being a cinema theatre. After a long restoration, it reopened in April this year. I had the intention to take some pictures also from the inside, but none of the films showed in the three theatres attracted my interest. I will revert on this another time. 

(Another preprogrammed post, while I’m away in the south, looking for sun.)

French trees are square...

Some photos from the Tuileries Gardens, taken the only real nice and sunny day we had some two weeks ago. Yes, French park trees seem to be square.

(Another preprogrammed post, while I’m away in the south, looking for sun.)

For once...

I'm off for some two weeks to the south of France, looking for better spring weather and meeting some friends. In the meantime and in order to somehow keep my blog "alive", I have preprogrammed a few posts, content-lighter then usual. So, at least for once I thought I could show just one photo. I took it the other (rainy) day. The restaurant is called “Au Vieux Paris Arcole”. The building is from the 16th century and it’s said that you found a wine bar here already in 1723. I never stopped to eat or drink here, but I will try it another, sunnier and warmer, day.

You can find it in a calm street (Rue Chanoinesse) behind the Notre Dame, an area I already posted about.