Monday Mysteries: The “Mirage”
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Today on Monday Mysteries we take a look at the mystery of the Sacre Coeur “mirage” that appeared on day in Paris.
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The Cologne Wars: The Rest of the Story
To borrow the line from the late Paul Harvey and his radio shows: now for the rest of the story … about the Cologne Wars, rife with intrigue and a whiff of scandal.
Monday Mysteries: The Cologne Wars
Today on Monday Mysteries we take a look at the history of eau de cologne, and the centuries-old debate about who the true inventor of this perfume really was.
Eis de Cologne
Although we didn’t actually have any Eis (“ice cream”) in Cologne while we were there, it was clear that people in Cologne like their ice cream, just like in Italy they like their gelato.
An Eiffel Trifle
When we visited the Pompidou Museum in Paris in September, I was struck by a photo by François Kollar. Kollar’s photo is intriguing, as it seems to show twin Eiffel Towers:
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It’s time to get back to Paris – well, at least here on the blog.
Monday Mysteries: The Silver Ones are Green
Today on Monday Mysteries we find an answer to a question that Chris and I had when we were in London in September: why are some of the London buses painted silver?
The view from the Pont de l’Archevêché
Yesterday I posted a photo of the “locks of love” that I took by chance on the Pont de l’Archevêché. You see, we hadn’t known ahead of time that there were locks of love there. However, we had realized as … Continue reading
Les Cadenas de l’Amour
The title of this post is a rough translation for “locks of love” in French, as today we’ll look at the phenomenon of the lovers’ locks on bridges, Parisian-style.
Monday Mysteries: An Ampelmännchen avec une attitude
Today on Monday Mysteries we take a look at a style of a pedestrian crossing sign that we spotted in Paris, one that mysteriously seems to come with a bit of an attitude.