Postcards from Paris to Tide You Over Until You Can Get There Again

March 28, 2020 Wallace Immen AmaWaterways, Cruise Lines, Cruises, Europe, Food & Drink, France, News, River Cruises, Tips & Advice Comments Off on Postcards from Paris to Tide You Over Until You Can Get There Again
We'll always have Paris--Photo by Wallace Immen

Remember when it took an hour in line to get into the Louvre, even if you had a ticket? Remember when you could get into the Louvre?.

If it all seems so last month, it was. This year, April in Paris, or April anywhere, has suddenly become the stuff of nostalgia. But count on it–maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life–we’ll always have Paris.

Topless in a Citroën. Authentic Paris–Photo by Wallace Immen

The crowded cafes, the scrumptious restaurants, the extravaganzas, the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower will all be coming back, and so will the irresistible urge to visit the City of Light.

Here are some picture postcards captured during a wonderfully carefree interlude in Paris in 2019 after a memorable Rhone river cruise in Burgundy. Yes, cruising will be coming back better than ever too.

Meanwhile, enjoy these images and a chance to dream before you can purchase your tickets again:

A fish? Posting affiche dans le Métro–Photo by Wallace Immen
A boulevardier gets into the mood–Photo by Wallace Immen
There’s no social distancing here–reflections in a Paris shop window–Photo by Wallace Immen
Glace for a hot day in Paris–Photo by Wallace Immen
Remember when you didn’t have to keep your distance?–Photo by Wallace Immen
A doggone ingenious delivery cart–Photo by Wallace Immen
Local color in a Marais Marché–Photo by Wallace Immen
Simple and fresh–and these days take out only?–Photo by Wallace Immen
L’Opera; phantoms are here, even if people aren’t–Photo by Wallace Immen

And to end it, an exclamation point!

We’ll meet again, mon ami!–Photo by Wallace Immen

All photographs by Wallace Immen, The Cruisington Times

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Wallace Immen is Executive Editor of The Cruisington Times, the Best in Cruising, Travel, Food and Fun. He's sailed on all of the world's seas to ports in over 100 countries and travelled on every continent.
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