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🇫🇷📚 Some of My Favorite Books About France 🇫🇷📖

🎄 Christmas at Château de Vaux le Vicomte 🏰

🍂🚲 November Weekend in Chablis and Auxerre, Part II 🌰🍷

🍂🚲 November Weekend in Chablis and Auxerre, Part I 🌰🍷

💙 A Day in Delft 💙🚲🍴

🇳🇱🚲 Amsterdam Getaway in Fall 🍂🍁

⛩🍂 Autumn Visit to Albert Kahn Garden 🍁⛩

🚲 Vélo Vendredi: Sacré Cœur 🚲

🏫📚 Inside the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne 👓📖

🌿 Dahlia Season in Rouen 🌿

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// Bonjour 👋🏼 Thanks for all the DMs I’ve

// Bonjour 👋🏼 Thanks for all the DMs I’ve received in reply to my IG story earlier. It’s officially cold in Paris and I’m realizing I have some summery photos I have yet to share, including some (dozens) from Greece. I feel like posting the blue and white of the Greek isles 🇬🇷 won’t look right once I transition into fall colors on my feed. 😆 This one is from a fun day of shooting while a few photographer friends and I were out taking advantage of a pretty empty city. Can you believe my white eyelet dress made it through the day unscathed? If you knew how often my chain has been derailing recently, you’d understand what a feat that is. 🚲 I hate to say it but I need a new bike. Not a replacement of course, but another cutie that is maybe a bit less than 50 years old. 😜 #fallingoffbicycles #fob_bicycle💚🚲 #fob_julia 📸: @missparisphoto

// How about these overflowing balcony flower boxe

// How about these overflowing balcony flower boxes? ❤️ That’s pretty much my dream “garden” if I must live in an apartment. And how about that beautiful wrought ironwork? This reminds me of so many photos I’ve taken in Rome. I love all the shutters, too. 🤩

// Love spotting creative and pretty façades. 😎🤓🌼 Snapped this today in between @jepofficiel visits. Will be sharing those soon. 🏛

// Beautiful chairs welcome hungry diners at Place

// Beautiful chairs welcome hungry diners at Place Dauphine. But not before 7pm, please. 🕖 At the earliest!

// Has my bike ever looked so tiny? 🚲 Like a li

// Has my bike ever looked so tiny? 🚲 Like a little shrimp 🦐 in front of the grand and imposing Sacré Cœur Basilica. We’ve had breakfast on the balcony and now it’s time for a bike ride 🚴🏼‍♀️ before hitting the pool this afternoon. 💦 Happy Sunday! #fallingoffbicycles #fob_bicycle💚🚲

// Prepping for a toasty coming week here in Paris

// Prepping for a toasty coming week here in Paris. ☀️ I have the balcony doors open and am enjoying the glistening lights from my string of little lanterns hanging out there. I’m a little sad for the shorter days coming now but I do enjoy the seeing twinkle lights pop on around 8 pm now. Hmm... thinking of this is making me miss Dutch gezelligheid. I’ve talked about it here before but I suspect I should again. I’ll save that for another post. ✨✨✨

// 1 or 2? 🍐🍐 Just checking on my pears in t

// 1 or 2? 🍐🍐 Just checking on my pears in the artist’s garden. Trying to experience Paris in a different way this year: even more biking 🚴🏼‍♀️, more museums since they’re not crowded 🎨, almost exclusive outdoor dining 🍴... Trying to soak it in before it gets cold because I’m pretty sure I’ll never see Paris like this again. #fob_julia 📸: @chensandsphoto

// Three years ago at the Medici Fountain 🤭 I s

// Three years ago at the Medici Fountain 🤭 I suppose we shouldn’t be put out when these monuments get hidden behind scaffolding for a time; some need continuous maintenance. And yet, this majestic fountain is out for at least another year and I already miss it. There is a calming energy that overcomes me every time I’m near it. Have you been to the Medici Fountain? It’s easy to miss if you’re not looking for it.

// Summer days at Jardin du Luxembourg. 🌴 Somet

// Summer days at Jardin du Luxembourg. 🌴 Sometimes I like to pass through with my bike. 🚲 But don’t dare ride through; the park police are no joke. 😂 #fob_bicycle💚🚲

// Fall flowers are sneaking into florists everywh

// Fall flowers are sneaking into florists everywhere. 💐💐 Had a nice 🚲 ride around St. Germain dès Prés today on what may end up being the last hot day of the year. ☀️ I’m eager for jeans weather all of a sudden. 👖 What about you?

// A little peek at Rouen architecture. 💜 Almos

// A little peek at Rouen architecture. 💜 Almost a year ago I took an early train there for a day trip. Flowers were still blooming and the half-timbered buildings are swoon-worthy. Tempted to go back but there’s just too much to see in the world. 🗺

// Taking advantage of Paris’s empty and hidden

// Taking advantage of Paris’s empty and hidden streets this summer. 🚲👒🌿

It’s the end of August, which means Parisians are slowly returning to the city to go back to work. And by “back to work” I of course mean working from home but also reopening boutiques and restaurants that have been shuttered for a month if not 5.5 months. For those who enjoy museums and “slow” empty Paris, now is the perfect time to be here, but this time can also come with frustrations. Today I went to the agency that rents our apartment to declare a water leak only to find the agent in charge is en vacances and the man in the office essentially gave me this 🤷🏼‍♂️ as a response. I’m sure the leak will wait time do further damage. 🙄 My recommendation: don’t have an emergency or a baby in France in August. #fallingoffbicycles #fob_bicycle💚🚲 #fob_julia