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Le temps est arrivé
If you can’t leave, there’s always Paris Plage. Alors, bonnes vacances à tous!
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l'important
© Annie Phillips
Closed even for Mars Bars
Il faut que nous partions avant les JO! We leave you with parks and peacocks.
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expo
© Chateau de Versailles
Missing la pointure?
The art of spectacle is hardly new at Versailles. But, since 2008, the Château has augmented its laser displays and re-enactment “balls” with art interventions. Jeff Koons imported balloon dogs and sex toys, Takashi Murakami contributed cartoony sculpture. Now the first female invitée, Joanna Vasconcelos, has planted giant stilettos made from saucepans.
Copied from a pair owned by Marilyn Monroe, these heels ar...
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cult
© Hélène Liancourt
Bon jubilé, M'am!
Je pense que la reine Elizabeth semble en forme en ce moment vu ses photos récentes, bien mieux qu’ il y a quelques années. Elle à l’air belle, un peu comme la reine Mary, sa grand-mère, mais en plus souriante. La monarchie c’est bon pour les touristes, c’est agréable car ça rapporte beaucoup d’argent mais autrement c’est totalement inutile. Les gens peuvent rêver alors c’est pas...
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colour
© Steve Sampson
Pixels or petals
With the first hint of spring, the number of visitors skyrockets. Each arrives armed with GPS, tri-band phones and the constant need to comment. Instagram, Facebook, textos and Twitter are the modern parallel of building plaques that resume a life or a death with Ici Veçut or Ici est tombé. The wave of abbreviating strangers arrives after weeks of rain but just as fresh fruit and flowers pour into markets and shops.
At th...