Another installment from my April 2011 travelogue.
In which we see the smiling lady, tsk at Huguenots, and buy a book.
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Travelogue Pt 07 – Paris
Posted in Travel, tagged La Joconde, Mona Lisa, paris, photo, photography, Saint Severin, Shakespeare and Company, St Pierre la Pauvre, the Louvre, Travel, travelogue on 25 Jun 2013| Leave a Comment »
Travelogue Pt 06 – Paris
Posted in Travel, tagged French stereotypes, paris, Parisians, photo, photography, place des vosges, sainte clotilde, Travel, travel tips, travelogue on 24 Jun 2013| Leave a Comment »
Another installment from my April 2011 travelogue.
In which I impart some travel tips, some bells are rung, and we go people-watching amongst the locals.
06: Lessons Learned and a Quiet Day
Travelogue Pt 05 – Paris
Posted in Travel, tagged Conciergerie, David Braccini, La Fromagerie, paris, photo, photography, Rodin Museum, Rue Cler, sainte-chapelle, Travel, travelogue on 23 Jun 2013| Leave a Comment »
Another installment from my April 2011 travelogue.
In which meet an old schoolchum, sip some coffee, and have a magical experience in a high-security setting.
05: A Dear Friend and a Jewelry Box
Travelogue Pt 04 – Paris
Posted in Travel, tagged montmartre, notre dame, paris, photo, photography, rue monge, sacre coeur, saint eustache, Travel, travelogue on 22 Jun 2013| Leave a Comment »
Another installment from my April 2011 travelogue.
In which we navigate a chemist shop, weigh some fruit, climb a hill, and I misplace an entire cathedral.
04: Three Churches and a Heretical Notion
Travelogue Pt 03 – Paris
Posted in Travel, tagged eiffel tower, Jardins de Luxembourg, jim morrison, pantheon, paris, paris cemetery, paris church, Paris Metro, Pere lachaise, photo, photography, Place de Contrescarpe, saint sulpice, Travel, travelogue on 21 Jun 2013| Leave a Comment »
In which we see dead people, take several bus rides, and give Dan Brown a nod.
03: A long day in Paris
Travelogue Pts 01-02 – Paris
Posted in Travel, tagged CDG, charles de gaulle airport, notre dame, paris, photo, photography, Travel, travelogue on 20 Jun 2013| Leave a Comment »
While I’m taking my own vacation, I’m going to share this series, a compilation of “letters home” from the three-week trip my wife and I took to Paris and England in April 2011. They were written on the road, on a teensy little netbook, usually at the end of the day (or every other day, if our schedule was hectic.) I have not edited them, except to fix the odd grammatical or spelling error. Though I sent these emails to a small circle of friends and family, my primary reason in writing these was to document our trip in the fresh, unvarnished detail that only comes when one is exhausted, filled with the sights and sounds of the day.
01: Nous sommes arrive
Silver-Lining Time
Posted in Culture, Hi Tech, tagged government snooping, internet privacy, nsa, PRISM, privacy on the internet on 13 Jun 2013| Leave a Comment »
(Note: this post is not about the US Government trolling the internet and spying on law-abiding citizens. This post is about Americans and their expectations of privacy on the internet. Okay. Off we go.)
If there’s one good thing to come out of this NSA-snoopery debacle, it’s this: Americans will finally be disabused of their long-held belief that there is privacy on the internet.
(And if any of you still believe that there is privacy on the internet, drop on by; I’ve got some genuine Louis Vuitton bags I’m letting go at a great price.)
For a decade or more, Americans have been completely unreasonable in their expectations about the internet. We think that, because we use it in our homes, anything we do there is as private as anything else we do in our homes.
This is utter rubbish. (more…)
Kurt R.A. Giambastiani 