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The French love their carousels, and it’s hard to find a French town of any size that doesn’t have at least one. After all, what’s better than watching happy kids ride wooden horses, bobbing along gleefully? The name comes from the French carroussel, meaning “little battle.” The original carroussels were royal tournaments where horsemen demonstrated their skills, one of which...

This is the 52nd in a series of walking tours highlighting the sites and stories of diverse districts of the Paris region Incroyable! My flânerie series has passed its 50th episode and yet I still haven’t explored the gothic gems and 17th-century hôtels particuliers of the Marais district. To put that right I took the metro to Pont Marie on Line 1 and set off up a road whose ...

The Paris Vignettes series features the inspired work of street photographer William “Bill” O’Such in themed installments One of the greatest delights of spending extended time in Paris is tapping into the Paris Greeters network — passionate, local volunteers who love sharing the hidden corners of their neighborhoods. Having explored parts of the 16th arrondissement on previo...

Nadar, an “influencer” before his time with over 10,000 followers, claimed to know everyone in Paris. Through his sheer force of personality, talent and entrepreneurial skills, Gasper-Felix Tournadon, known widely by his pseudonym of Nadar, achieved all this long before the world of the internet and social media. A flamboyant genius, Nadar is known nowadays for his connection...

Dufflyn Lammers provides one-to-one relationship coaching to women all over the world, runs in-person workshops internationally, and is a popular speaker in the recovery space. Her writing and performance on relationships has been featured in Russell Simmons Def Poetry on HBO, Business Insider, the Los Angeles Times, The Good Life Review, and the Santa Fe Writers Project. Her...