I Love Paris in the Cold
Paris. My number two favorite city in the whole wide world.
There is not anything I can say about Paris that hasn’t been said before.
I can just show you, in small bits, why I love this city…
I love it especially in the Autumn & Winter months.
There is just nothing like walking through Paris on a cold crisp morning…
I love it for its Christmas Market on the Avenue des Champs-Elysées, especially because I can always find one of my favorite things to drink…
I love Paris because, despite the cold, streets cafés prosper & bloom
I love Paris because people still read newspapers printed on paper & books with real pages in them…
I have yet to find someone sitting at a café with a laptop, and rather then every other person I find only one or two immersed in their smartphone – I can not tell you how refreshing that is.
(My Kindle would be an eye-sore here, and I’m uploading this post from my hotel. I am ecstatic I have studying to do, because this is the perfect city to do it in – with my real book & my notes, and sitting in cafe’s for hours at a time)
… and I love Paris because it’s the only city where on The Metro one will come across a full orchestra playing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9…
that will bring one to tears.
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It looks so peaceful and beautiful. Your images have brought a strange calm to my morning. I will pretend all day that I am walking through the streets of Paris. I have loads of Beethoven so I will play that on my Ipod as I walk the streets. Thank you for this day Tahira.
CN, it is so utterly my pleasure that I can share this with you and that you feel exactly what I attempted & intended to convey. I wish you a wonderful day. And I too will be hearing Beethoven (in my head) all day.
Your pictures brought lots of sweet memories of Paris back to my mind. Thank you, Tahira, for those beautiful images. Jo
Hello Jo! Thanks for stopping by and it is sincerely my pleasure.
Great pics! I adore Paris – one of the best cities I’ve ever visited (maybe the best)! Paul Theroux said in Ghost Train to the Eastern Star that there is no point describing Paris as there’s nothing to say about it that hasn’t already been said, and everyone is familiar with it even if they’ve already been! But that doesn’t stop us loving pics of the pretty city!
Emily – http://www.emilyluxton.co.uk
Love the Theroux quote! Jotting that one down – Perfectly said!
You are going to have to stop this – now I need to go back to Paris when it’s not hot and full of tourists 🙂
Exactly! Another reason why I love Paris so much during the colder months!
Such wonderful pictures!
Paris is also one of my favorite cities, it’s got the type of atmosphere which no other city has.My favorite time to visit Paris is during the autumn when the trees are yellow and the weather is cool, but not too cold 🙂
Anna, it truly is one of a kind!
What a beautiful city, Tahira, and even in the cold weather, people still sit out at the pavement cafes. 🙂
Paris is one of my two top favorite cities, possibly my favorite, with Istanbul a close second. I love your captures of Paris street life on a cold winter’s day. It’s great that the Parisians still sit at their outdoor cafes in the bitter cold. I love your photo of the man in the window and the park with that bright red tree.
By the way, I nominated you for the Blog of the Year 2012: http://catbirdinoman.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/blog-of-the-year-award-2012/
What a wonderful experience the symphony!’n
Beautiful capture of Paris in cold. I’ve been wanting to visit Paris in December, you’ve convinced me. 🙂
My me reminiscent too! I love most places out of season
Those are all wonderful reasons to love Paris!
so lovely – the weather, the view, you captured them so well 🙂 i love them!
What beautiful photos! I lived in Paris for two years and miss it everyday. Thank you so much for taking me back 😉
So long since I was in Paris. I’m wistful …
Your photo collection is impressive and beautiful…
Loved this post! I visited Paris for the first time in September and fell completely head over heels. What an incredible city.
I want to be in Paris now! Gorgeous photos! My favorite one is of the old man, reading his book, with two fingers placed to stay on the lines…
Le siighhh! I think I will visit Paris at the end of September! Lets go!