Paris Urban Walk III The first two episodes in this short series of Paris walks took their cues from paintings and historic photos. This Paris urban walk shall be guided by words. A Paris Urban Walk with Hemingway’s Moveable Feast I would like to invite you to follow me on a literary walk through the…
Paris Urban Walk II – An Edith Piaf Walk The Poetry of Poverty in a Paris Urban Walk Having invited you for a Paris urban walk through some of the picture-prettiest parts of Paris the last time around, today Easy Hiker will take you away from the sunny side of the street. “All cities are beautiful…
Paris Urban Walk I Walking Paris – The Artists of Montmartre The Parisian district of Montmartre has a unique position in art history. During one relatively short period in the late 19th and early 20th century, altogether not much longer than 20 years, nearly all the greatest painters of their time lived and painted here….
Urban Walking in Paris Some Themed Urban Walks in Paris There are times and occasions when it becomes simply impossible to have a civilized encounter with nature. When temperatures hover just above freezing, the wind is howling and the wet cold seeps under your skin, you would not dream of going on a “pleasure hike”…
Walking in Paris – Part 3 The Small Outdoors in Paris Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes Today, for the final part of our short series on Parisian parks*, where you can discover the small outdoors in Paris, I am going to take you a little bit further out. So far out in fact that…
Walking in Paris – Part 2 For part two of our post on about walking in Paris in its parks, we take you a little further out of the city centre. Parc des Buttes Chaumont Where? In the northeast of the city, a couple of blocks away from the Canal de la Villette. How to…
Walking in Paris – Part 1 Parisian Parks to Choose From Keep it short, keep it urban: that was the general advice I gave you a few posts ago for walks and hikes during the cold season. Walking in Parisian parks would do the trick! For many people, of course, that is the motto for…
Living by the River and its Highs and Lows Walking by the Thames is one of the great pleasures that London has in store for its visitors … … and I am sure we were not the first visitors who thought: how wonderful it would be living by the river and have these spectacular views…
Walking in Germany An Autumn Walk in Muenster Going out for a longer walk or a hike at this time of year can be a bit of a problem. Once you have taken into account that you sleep a little bit longer (because staying in a warm bed can be pretty tempting when it’s still dark outside), that…
Urban Walking in Seville For walking Seville, we chose a route on the banks of the Guadalquivir river, from the town centre to the iconic Alamillo Bridge and across into neighbouring Alamillo Park. The walk starts at San Telmo Bridge, near San Telmo Palace in the heart of the Old Town. Walk down to the…