It’s always funny to jump in the past and see how the business that someone started a long time ago are still up and running and “pretty modern”.

Look what I found at the Porte de Versailles today ( Porte de Versailles is an area located in the South West of Paris where they have large exhibition halls, including the famous Salon de l’agriculture that I already mentioned several times and the Foire de Paris (Paris fair). It’s just a bench, put a pretty colorful one.

Every city has its artists district.

In the rue des Hospitalières-Saint-Gervais there is a superb building that used to be a trading place for meat (it was called le pavillon de la boucherie ). That is why there are two ox heads on each side of the entrance door – made by sculptor Edme Gaulle

Running for 42 kilometers (26 miles) is hard, but when you do it in the streets of Paris it’s probably easier (not that I would know, when I run it’s on a treadmill at the gym LOL!). I suppose that’s the reason why each year, about 40 000 people run the Paris Marathon

In 2 weeks we are going to vote to elect – or possibly reelect – a new President of the Republic , and even though there are pretty strict rules in terms of access to the media (all candidates must have the exact same airtime for instance), there are no rules when it comes to bill posting. I don’t like it too much as I think it really dirties our walls, except when it’s funny or aesthetic.

Today, someone you all know if you’re a true visitor to ParisDailyPhoto, has officially become French! Yes, he’s on the left in this photo, yes his name is Michael and yes he is of American origin (Florida to be exact).

Due to the hacking of the servers that host the City Daily Photo portal, it is down at the moment, so that we were were “in the dark” regarding this month’s theme day. Thanks to Julie in Sydney , we have a workaround , even though there will undoubtedly be less participants this time – but I’m sure you will survive … The theme day for this month is “Cobblestones” which was a piece of cake for me, as in Paris, we’re not short of cobblestones, every though they are regularly covered with tar, that is considered much safer (especially when it rains when it becomes very slippery…).

Twice in the year we can play God and have a little influence on the time… A limited influence of course, but still! At 2 am it’ll be 3 am and when we Europeans wake up we’ll have lost one hour of sleep! But there is a reward: we’ll have more light in the evening during the next 6 months. To illustrate this change, I saved a photograph I took a few days ago, on my way to the gym.

Here is a church I’ve never shown you even though I pass by it several times a year. This time I stopped and took a photo… It’s called l’Eglise du Val de Grace and it’s the church of a former royal abbey and at night, it’s really beautiful