Long time readers will recall that Kongo is a bit of an opera buff. He also likes theater and his all time, never to be exceeded, favorite is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1988 musical Phantom of the Opera, based on the Gaston Leroux novel written in 1910 and inspired by the magnificent Opéra Garnier in Paris. So naturally, […]
Spectacular Gothic architecture. Gargoyles. Stained glass to die for. The Notre Dame cathedral in Paris lives up to everything you’ve ever read about it. Dating back to the 1100s, this is a really, really old church. It’s been restored at various times over the centuries and today it remains it good shape. At least as
Monkeys love secrets and scattered about Paris in the 1st and 2nd Arrondissements are nearly two dozen hidden passageways that seem to escape the crush of tourists in the shops along Rue de Rivoli. These passages were the shopping malls of the 18th and 19th century and at one time there were more than 150
One of the dozens of small pathways between grave sites at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. See more pathways at Ailsa’s Where’s My Backpack page.
After a full week in Paris, Kongo made it safely home. After a long, long night’s sleep his little monkey head is clearing and he is no longer saying “bonjour” to everyone he meets but he already misses Paris. He misses eating dinner at midnight, sleeping until 10, grabbing a flaky pastry and white coffee
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