The French National Assembly had a late-night session to vote on the Emergency Health Bill that would allow the government to enact more strict confinement...
Tag - Understanding Paris
It's been a full week since the beginning of the lockdown, and adjustments are still being made in the rules and how the rules are enforced. The only trouble...
Despite the rising number of infections and deaths due to Covid-19 in France -- especially in the Ile-de-France -- Parisians are not so easy to corral, so the...
It was a beautiful day in Paris, sunny and almost warm. At lunch I went for a run around the neighborhood and couldn’t help but notice half of the city seemed...
Yesterday the police were just giving people verbal warnings if they were caught walking or driving around without the required attestation. Now they’re...
Last night President Macron announced new measures to combat the spread of Coronavirus by ordering everyone to stay in their homes for 15 days (minimum). This...
So after the government closed all of the non-essential businesses and cafés, movie theatres and restaurants on Saturday at midnight, the French decided to...
Yesterday I was walking around my neighborhood in the 13th to get a bit of fresh air, and was quite surprised to still see all of the shops, cafés and cinemas...
Are the French rude? First of all, I don't think one should ever characterize an entire nation as being "rude" or "friendly". That's just silly. But the...
After a major renovation and move to a new location, the Liberation of Paris Museum is worth a visit.
What's worse: tourists who are upset that Paris isn't more like Disneyland, or those who are actually trying to turn Paris into Disneyland?
When you’ve gone around the merry-go-round of life as many times as I have, all you really want for Christmas is a thrill. Fact is, I don’t need...
