This month of May marks the 40th anniversary of the events in Paris which have become known as the “Students Revolt” but was actually much more than that. Looking back at the full picture, below it is a period when the whole of France, not just Paris, breaks with slow, gradual reform and [...]
Entries from May 2008
May 1968 - Paris breaks bourgeois hegemony at weakest link
May 17th, 2008 · No Comments · history
Tags: Clare Doyle·May 1968·Mitterand·revolt·Revolution
Le Buci near Rue St Andre Des Arts
May 11th, 2008 · No Comments · latin quarter, paris-breaks, restaurants
Le Buci
Originally uploaded by Andyroberts
Le Buci is the name of the restaurant bar you can see in this picture which was taken from the hotel room in le Petit Trianon which is one of my favourite hotels for Paris breaks. The road streching into the distance leads to Pont Neuf and La Samaritaine while to [...]
Tags: ·Boulevard St Germain·downtown Paris·Gare du Nord·Le Buci·le Petit Trianon·left bank·Odeon·pub St Germain·RER metro·rive gauche·Rue St Andre Des Arts·the latin quarter
Photography trips to Paris
May 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · eurostar breaks, eurostar deals, photography
Flickr: Discussing All Night Shoot to Paris
Originally uploaded by AndyRoberts
Paris is probably the most photogenic city in the world so any photographer would want to spend some free time in the Parisian streets, especially Londoners. Keen photographers who congregate on the Flickr photosharing site have formed into groups for arranging meetups and photoshoot events and [...]
Tags: dancing·eurostar deals·Eurostar deals for clubbers·photography trips