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Referring to the below post, answering some questions and possibly making it more clear: This site will still be here, but not anymore in op...

This site has now been in operation for exactly one year. Some 350 posts. Thanks for all your visits! I thought it was time sto start a new...

Yesterday, I talked about water sources, including one at La Butte aux Cailles (the “Quail Hill”), Place Paul-Verlaine. La Butte aux Caill...

Water supply is of course an issue for a big city. Paris, within the city limits and not counting the suburbs, is actually not that big in ...

The Canal Saint Martin (my post yesterday) ends (or starts) with the Bassin de la Villette . This is the largest open water space in Paris....

You can follow the trace of Canal Saint Martin on this map. The starting (or ending) point is close to Place de la Bastille. I already tal...

Today, just a report on last Saturday. The cleaning service in Paris includes collecting the garbage on a daily basis. Early morning the gr...

Normally I don’t make any post during weekends, but the 15th of each month is the day for the « mid-month-theme » - subway – which I share ...

Before we are leaving rue des Francs-Bourgeois , there are two other buildings to which I would like to draw some attention. One of them is...

On your way from Place de Vosges to e.g. Centre Pompidou, you could take rue des Francs-Bourgeois , which is the central and a very ancient...