Paris Daily Photo

Let me introduce you to Jackie, a young lady whom I photographed yesterday (Saturday) at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower just after her arrival from London. This would not be that extraordinary if she had not made the journey on a bike! Why did she do that? To raise money for a good cause of course. I really look up to people like her, so when she emailed me in June to ask me if I could be there on the day of her arrival, I did not think twice. Congratulations Jackie and, people, it is still time to make donations … (Do listen to her interview too, it’s here ).

Here is my little tribute to my “oldest” follower (well, I guess) for when I saw this poster, I could not help but thinking of Tomate Farcie (stuffed

There is a lot more than funny shaped baguettes in Le Marais There is also a lot of art. Hence, this African art exhibition in Le Cloître des Billettes (the Billettes cloister) – a sublime place built around 1430 ! – I love African art so I’m a little biased of course, but I’m sure you will all agree that these sculptures are positively stunning. I wish I had won the lottery and could afford to buy them… See the little video here if you want to know more about this exhibition and about

If the shape of these baguettes reminds you of something, well don’t be surprised. Yes, they are shaped like penises! I found them in the gay area of Paris, in a boulangerie called Le Gay choc (choc is a play on words between chocolate and

Today is the 1st day of the month, therefore a theme day within the City Daily Photo community. Today’s theme is pretty easy, as we have plenty of those in Paris: open air markets (check here for a complete listing and here for a map). Instead of showing you a colorful fruit and vegetable display, I chose this “sauerkraut”, a typical dish of Alsace (a region in the East of France, close to Germany) that we call in French Choucroute. I took this photo at the Place Monge market in the 5th

If you visited Paris, you probably noticed what we call the “Roms” (Gypsies) , that is an ethnic group who originates from India and who settled down mostly in Eastern Europe. They are very poor and not really welcome anywhere (including their home country) but with the opening of the EU borders a lot of them emigrated to the West, including France. They are now in the middle of a political battle as the government is trying to send them back to where they are from (Romania mostly) and the opposition is accusing the Government of being inhuman.

If you come to Paris, do pay a visit to ” Le musée de l’histoire de la médecine ” a very interesting museum you can find in the former Medicine Faculty, in the heart of Le Quartier Latin . It’s fascinating to see the old instruments, the dummies and the odd tools they have used to cure people throughout the ages. One thing I can tell is that I’m happy to live in the 2000’s (mind you in a 100 years, somebody will probably write the same caption saying ” I can’t believe they had to operate on people to remove the appendix in the 2000’s! “). By the way, here is a

If you come to Paris, do pay a visit to ” Le musée de l’histoire de la médecine ” a very interesting museum you can find in the former Medicine Faculty, in the heart of Le Quartier Latin . It’s fascinating to see the old instruments, the dummies and the odd tools they have used to cure people throughout the ages. One thing I can tell is that I’m happy to live in the 2000’s (mind you in a 100 years, somebody will probably write the same caption saying ” I can’t believe they had to operate on people to remove the appendix in the 2000’s! “). By the way, here is a

What’s cooking? Well, probably croissants and baguettes, pains au chocolat and pastries… as I spotted these guys – probably on a break – just outside the Boulangers-patissiers (bakers) chamber which happens to be on L’île Saint Louis since 1845, one of the best locations in Paris. As you can guess, among other things, it’s a training facility, so that is probably what these people were doing: getting trained. I wonder what they do with the leftovers !

What’s cooking? Well, probably croissants and baguettes, pains au chocolat and pastries… as I spotted these guys – probably on a break – just outside the Boulangers-patissiers (bakers) chamber which happens to be on L’île Saint Louis since 1845, one of the best locations in Paris. As you can guess, among other things, it’s a training facility, so that is probably what these people were doing: getting trained. I wonder what they do with the leftovers !