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A cathedral under ground – St.Denis Pleyel metro station

I was lucky enough to visit the new St.Denis-Pleyel metro station a few weeks ago. It is open, so anyone in Paris who does not feel like queuing for Notre-Dame can get there in a few minutes from central Paris, on line 14. St.Denis-Pleyel is a key connecting station for the Grand Paris Express, 200kmContinue reading “A cathedral under ground – St.Denis Pleyel metro station”

Bikes and the city : forget Europe-envy and invent a Montreal approach

Paris has been re-thought for bikes, pedestrians and scooters I am currently spending a few days in Paris, where I grew up (well, in its suburbs). Paris has noticeably changed changed since the 70s and 80s: bike lanes and pedestrian streets are now ubiquitous. I have just wandered from Gare Du Nord to Châtelet, andContinue reading “Bikes and the city : forget Europe-envy and invent a Montreal approach”