Lutetia

"Cara Lutetia"....The words of Julian Caesar (362AD) referring to Dear Paris as it was in his day.  Describing this locale in endearing terms the Roman Emporer was taken at his word.  Paris has been highly sought ...

... ; I hate flying. Our hotel was very nice on the outside and pretty much everywhere except for our room.  Hotel Lutetia is a 5 star hotel but I can say from experience that not all the rooms are 5 star rooms.  Our first room (we had ...

... tons of artifacts and also some Roman ruins that were part of the building (it was part of the Roman settlement of Lutetia). On Yvonne's THIRTIETH birthday (June 29), I got up early and walked to town to buy fresh croissants, pastries and champagne. I ...

... haben. PPS: Ich frage mich hier, wie einige Laeden ueberleben. Viele Strassen in der Altstadt sind immer noch so aufgebaut, dass in einer Strasse alle Eisenwarenlaeden sind - mit dem immer gleichen Angebot. Ganz so wie bei Asterix in, ich glaube, ...

... here. Paris was settled in around 300 BC by a Celtic tribe, the Parisii, and the town that grew up was known as Lutetia. In 52 BC, it was overrun by Julius Ceasar's troops. The Counts of Paris became kings of France around 987AD. The Frankish kings ...

... of Haussmanian/Modern/ and even Medieval architecture, on streets that were originally laid out in Roman times. From early Roman maps of Lutetia, to the maps from the 12-15thth centuries, one can recognize the layouts of the Ile de la Cite, Ile Saint ...

... an island in the river that is the present-day Ile de la Cité -- the center around which Paris developed. Known as Lutetia (Lutece) in ancient times, Paris was conquered by Julius Caesar in 52 BC, and existed as a regional center under the Romans and ...

Saturday, July 23  I packed up my bags, left the hotel in Beijing for the airport for the next part of my journey ...to PARIS! Even though we were staying in a nice hotel in Beijing ( I'll blog about our stay there later), the hotel staff didn't ...

We paid a visit to one of my favorite places on the planet (ok, haven't been to that many places, but still).  We went to the Louvre!  Prior to that, while we were still at the hotel, we changed rooms.  Our room was really not that great, ...