Paris: Velib gets makeover and competition
Gobee offers new bikes that don't need docking stations, but Velib has new plans, too, with a new operator and new bikes.
Gobee offers new bikes that don't need docking stations, but Velib has new plans, too, with a new operator and new bikes.
An unusual museum opens, a fashion house of world renown re-tailored into a tribute to its founder's designs.
After viewing an exhibition at the Beaux Arts era Petit Palais, PHeymont enjoyed a visit to its flower beds as well.
Paris has begun work on a glass security wall for the Eiffel Tower, but city authorities promise it won't spoil the experience.
One of my favorite things to do in Paris is to go out before breakfast for freshly-baked breads. Here's my neighborhood boulangerie.
Heritage Days, when normally-closed doors are opened to the public, are a popular institution in France. PHeymont and his wife joined in.
Taking a leaf from a big tennis tournament, a Paris neighborhood hires birds of prey to chase its pigeons.
A selection of treasures from New York's Museum of Modern Art will visit Paris's Fondation Louis Vuitton for a months-long exhibition.
The spotlights installed on the Eiffel Tower to mark the millenium are off for the next month, down for maintenance and an upgrade.
Defying fears that terror incidents would dramatically curtail visits, Paris tourism is on track for a ten-year high.
Images recovered from teenage travels over a half-century back lead PHeymont down memory lane.
Paris rooftops are becoming home to beehives that may help reverse declines in honeybee populations.
The roofs of Paris have long been noted as one of its recognizable features, and now they're being proposed for UNESCO recognition.
Keep an eye on transit changes as Paris uses summer vacation time to get ahead of its transit construction projects.
Notre Dame is looking good at ground level, but headless gargoyles, crumbling pinnacles and a roof problem, money and work is needed.