A stroll through Paris: from the Louvre to La Defense

Let's go back to the late 19th and early 20th Century - Let The Good Times Roll

Back in those days - The Parisian working class put on their Sunday best to swarm out of the capital east to the banks of the Marne for weekend days of eating, drinking, boating and undoubted hanky-panky ( hey, after all.............. this is France!) 

The epicenter of the shenanigans were the riverside guinguettes ( pronounced - Gen-Get)  - restaurants-cum-bars-cum-music ' and dance-halls. The good news is that a few are still around. One of the best is the Ile-du-Martin-Pecheur

Les Etangs de Corot - 10 minutes from Paris and yet 100 years also in time........

Need to get away from it all, even when in Paris, its easy, stay at Les Etangs de Corot...

What region of France do I love the most?

That's like asking me which of my cats do I love the best, but when pressed, I will admit..the region of Brittany is my all time favorite and the city of Roscoff, is where I rent a  house every year.

The Secret Museums of Paris - Musee des Arts Forains

Hidden away in Paris near the Gare de Lyon rail station is a haven from the modern world, a place to daydream, to marvel at how enchantment was brought to those who lived in Paris some 200 years ago.
 The Musee des Arts Forains is a place to be enchanted.
Long closed to the general public but what with the success of Woody Allen's, 'Midnight in Paris' which feature this Museum, it is now open ( by appointment only) to use lesser mortals.