Paris

2014.10.30 ~ 11.8

  • Paris – Latin Quarter

    Paris – Latin Quarter

    The Latin Quarter is known for its niche bookstores, quirky boutiques, intimate bistros and cafés. Maze-like side streets are narrow and crowded. Home to a number of oldest universities in the world, its lively and romantic…

  • Paris – Left Bank

    Paris – Left Bank

    Jardin du Luxembourg maybe lively and charming, but what surprised us was how so many people could sit around the pond in a weekday afternoon. French really know how to enjoy their lives! Well, maybe it’s…

  • Paris – The Seine

    Paris – The Seine

    In a beautiful day of autumn, whether overlooking from the top of Notre Dame or cruising on the river boat, you will fall in love with the Seine.

  • Paris – Les Invalides and Champs-Élysées

    Paris – Les Invalides and Champs-Élysées

    After several sunny and warm days, a cloudy Paris allowed us to taste a different kind of romance of the city. Our focus of the city tour also shifted from the left bank to the right.

  • Paris – Place de la Concorde and Opéra

    Paris – Place de la Concorde and Opéra

    With the darkened sky and chilly wind, Paris suddenly felt like early winter. The rain finally came, those sculptures and fine buildings seemed gleaming more delicately and brightly in the rain.

  • Paris – Montmartre

    Paris – Montmartre

    With the peaceful Sacré-Coeur on the top of the height and winding alleys that still retain village-like style, just walking around Montmartre is a treat.

  • Paris – Tuileries and The Louvre

    Paris – Tuileries and The Louvre

    Since it was built as a Fortress in the Medieval period, to the grand renovation in the Renaissance, to its opening to the public at the end of the 18th century, to today becoming the most…

  • Paris – LV Foundation and The Eiffel Tower

    Paris – LV Foundation and The Eiffel Tower

    Although OpenStack had a full-day schedule, I still made some time to visit the new building of Louis Vuitton Foundation in the morning and The Palais de Chaillot in the afternoon.

  • Paris – Musée d’Orsay and Le Marais

    Paris – Musée d’Orsay and Le Marais

    Place des Vosges is one of the oldest and finest squares in Paris. Overlook the red bricks and dark tiles in warm and splendid colors painted by the late afternoon sun, one can’t help being sentimental…