I’m from a small California town, but I took high school history students to Paris twice. On the second trip, I went

Oh!

My dad at the Hotel de Ville, Paris, probably late 1944.

I showed my AP Euro history students when we studied 19th century Paris, in a unit on urban social history.

Or this one.


This one was more for me.



This one was harder to show, and to understand, when we visited.

As was this one.


But the city kind of comes back to delight you. Like this:


Or this:




Or this.



Or even this:


I’m from a small town in California, so I may never dance in Paris. But it’s not a bad idea.