The Last Time I Saw Paris It Was Like A Ghost Town

Posted By Paul Parker on Jun 19, 2022

During one of those pandemic nights, I calculated I have spent 180 days in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighborhood in Paris over the course of the last 8 years. One of my favorite streets there is rue de Buci. It is lined with cafes and always crowded, except for that day in late March of 2020 when I walked out of my apartment to rolled up awnings and widows full of stacked chairs and made my way the one block to Boulevard...