Archive for March, 2008
Paris – visit Pompidou Center
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Known to Parisians simply as Beaubourg (after the neighborhood), The Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges-Pompidou is a museum of modern art rivaling the best in New York or London. By design, so to speak, the architecture of the 1977 building is in sharp contrast to the traditional surrounding houses of Paris’ oldest district. [...]
Paris vacation – Arc de Triomphe
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008Going on a European vacation? Then you must visit Paris and see the Arc de Triomphe. Though less artistic than its older cousin of Porte Saint-Denis, the Arc de Triomphe de l’Etoile is the more famous and far larger. Set atop the hill of Chaillot it forms the center from which radiates a dozen busy [...]
