The building that gives Mont Saint Michel its distinctive skyline silhouette is the abbey. It's a church plus monastery and cloisters. ...

I last visited Mont Saint Michel, the island fortification in Normandy, France, in the year 2000, while doing graduate studies in Bath, E...

 No gargoyles today, but some other images of Paris that caught my eye last May. The wrought iron sign for a hotel on a side street Bi...