Nous Celebrons Paris!

 

Nous celebrons Paris!

 

 

We celebrate Paris: as the host of the 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference, for her brave citizens who continue to live their lives in spite of the horrific acts of terrorism in 2015, for the inspiration the city has provided to all of us around the world as an example of beauty, elegance, and joie de vivre!

Here’s a look at some of what we love the most about The City of Light.

 

paris notre dame

photo from istock

“Paris was a universe whole and entire unto herself, hollowed and fashioned by history; so she seemed in this age of Napoleon III with her towering buildings, her massive cathedrals, her grand boulevards and ancient, winding medieval streets–as vast and indestructible as nature herself.” –Anne Rice

 

 

Dramatic view of Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Black and white image, same film grain added.

photo from istock

“I like the Eiffel Tower because it looks like steel and lace”.–Natalie Lloyd

 

 

Paris, France - September 13, 2013: People resting in the street terrace of cafe Le Metro. Located on the place Maubert, the cafe provide the fine service for tourists

photo from istock

“I guess it goes to show you that you just never know where life will take you. You search for answers. You wonder what it all means. You stumble, and you soar. And, if you’re lucky, you make it to Paris for awhile.” –Amy Thomas

 

 

paris pont alexandre iii

photo from istock

“He who contemplates the depths of Paris is seized with vertigo. Nothing is more fantastic. Nothing is more tragic. Nothing is more sublime.”–Victor Hugo

 

 

paris baguettes

photo from istock

“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”–Ernest Hemingway

 

 

Alexander III bridge, Paris, France

photo from istock

“We’ll always have Paris.”–Rick, Casablanca

 

 

 

“Je suis Paris.”–the world