Month: February 2009

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Ha'penny Bridge, Dublin,by Dave Walsh Photography <!-- (image by feileacan, used under a Creative Commons License) --> As every French person knows, Paris is a woman, impudent and provocative. Paris the beautiful, the magical, the enchanting. Predictably, as soon as I returned there a few weeks ago, her magic enveloped me again - from her lights to her majestic buildings and bridges, her magnificent cathedral, her many different quartiers, each with their own charm, her immense Louvre, sheltering one of the greatest art collections in the world, and of course her twinkling Eiffel tower. Nothing compares to Paris. "I don't understand; why aren't you living there?" an Irish friend asked me the other day. A fair question. Why am I not living in my own city when it happens to be one of the most beautiful of all cities? (I'm not biased!) The fact is, for more than five years...