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Category Archives: on the road

downtown chicago

Too sleep-deprived to commit to any particular activity on my last night in the city, I opted for fresh air and a walk.

The Chicago River, at Wabash and Wacker Drive.

in the loop

Stairs leading to an L station, The Loop, downtown Chicago.

hanging blooms

At the Marché aux Fleurs, Paris.

strolling through père-lachaise

I took a walk through Paris’s largest cemetery, Père-Lachaise, to enjoy the quiet. In several sections, the trees formed green canopies high above the dirt and stone paths, which led visitors around the cemetery’s 90+ divisions:

Some graves were in a serious state of disrepair:

Others, some famous, some not, were lovingly attended to. Here is Chopin [...]