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Footsteps in the Parc Monceau
I DON’T KNOW WHY but I don’t visit the Parc Monceau all that often, which is silly really because it’s quite close to where I live and always well worth a visit. This English-style park is in the 8th...
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The Gare du Nord and Its Sounds
THE GARE DU NORD is one of the six terminus railway stations in Paris and it’s the one I use most often. It’s reputed to be the busiest railway station in Europe with 190 million passengers passing...
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Métro Station Châtelet – A Sound Portrait
THE PARIS MÉTRO SYSTEM is reputedly the second busiest Métro system in Europe after Moscow and the Métro station Châtelet – Les Halles is said to be the largest Métro station in the world. Métro...
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My Audio Christmas Card 2012
JUST ONE WEEK TO GO and Christmas will be upon us so this seems like the appropriate time to post my audio Christmas card. My Audio Christmas Card 2012:...
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Printemps at Christmas
FOLLOWING ON THE HEELS of Aristide Boucicault’s hugely successful Au Bon Marché, which opened in 1852, Jules Jaluzot and Jean-Alfred Duclos, opened their department store, Printemps, at the corner of...
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Paris Métro Station Jaurès – A Sound Portrait
IT’S PERHAPS BEST SEEN from outside the McDonald’s restaurant at the corner of the Boulevard de la Villette and the Avenue Secrétan in the 19th arrondissement. From here you can see the elegant,...
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Quai de Montebello
ANY SELF-RESPECTING TOURIST can’t visit Paris without snapping a picture of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris from the Quai de Montebello. It’s one of the ‘must do’s’ on the Parisian tourist...
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The Canal Saint-Denis and its Sounds – Part 1
ALONG WITH THE Canal de l’Ourcq, the Bassin de la Villette, the Canal Saint-Martin, and the Bassin de l’Arsenal, the Canal Saint-Denis is part of the 130 km Réseau des Canaux Parisiens – the Parisian...
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The Canal Saint-Denis and its Sounds – Part 2
IN THE FIRST PART of my exploration of the Canal Saint-Denis I followed the canal from its starting point at the Canal de l’Ourcq in the Parc de la Villette to the end of the Quai de la Gironde in the...
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The Canal Saint-Denis and its Sounds – Part 3
MY EXPLORATION OF THE Canal Saint-Denis and its sounds began at the head of the canal where it parts company from the Canal de l’Ourcq at the Parc de la Villette. In Part 1, I followed the canal to the...
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