florence + the machine + paris.

full of impressions and full of music i'm back now from my 2 days trip to paris from the 28th to the 29th of march. paris - this is my city of love, city of music (all is full of music here - the streets, the markets, the metro) - all the  city seems to be filled up with  notes and harmonies when i was there 3 years ago ... was it such a long time? ... i couldn't remember. it felt as if i've never been away. i've missed you.

my basic reason for returning to paris after 3 years of abstinence had been a woman. her name is florence welch ...

she is a genius ... she can sing of virginia woolfe and magnifizes simple things such as breething (lungs) and romantizises my previous chemistry lessons (strangeness and charms). she just isn't ashamed of using her higher education in her songs and i love that. 

that's what the water gave me - that's what she gave me. she and her music are somewhat a private, pure essence of joy for me. if it wasn't for love, i would simply live for her music.

she just seems to be a perfect synthesis of the arts. i always thought of her as a human example of renaissance thinking. amusingly i've read in a wikipedia article that she stated this herself in another way. she says that her lyrics relate to renaissance artists: "we're dealing with all of the same things they did : love and death, time and pain, heaven and hell."

for a long time I've thought about visiting one of her concerts. and i felt pure happiness when i received the tickets from the concierge in the paris hotel 

... both coefficients of happiness united - paris + florence welch.

... after a walk in the city, absorbing the feeling of being in my personal city of love, i went to the champs elysées for visiting my favourite café and confectionery in paris - ladurée.

... i bought 2 saint honorées, macarons and little pastries with raspberry flavour.

afterwards i arrived at my hotel, the hipotel buttes chaumont, near belleville. it's located in  7, rue jean batiste dumay.

arriving there felt just like heaven. in the past the buttes chaumont was named the 'eden hotel' - does this carry a meaning of complicity?

dress: H&M 

necklace: beijing exclusive

watch: omega

earrings: DIY

... and the best of all: the concert.

florence sang at the 'casino de paris', at 16, rue de Clichy. when i stepped off the taxi, I saw a high building with fluorescent lightning. an impressive sight. there were such a lot of people outside when i arrived. no wonder.

i handed over my ticket to the concierge and entered. red carpets and golden light everywhere. my heart bumping so hard I nearly fainted. gosh i was so excited ...

and than - she sang ... and sang ... and sang ...

... the concert was marvellous. florence looked great in her stunning fluttery white dress. she looked like an ancient greek goddess of song.

i can just recommend everyone to visit one of her concerts. it's an extraordinary experience you'll never forget ...

... the next one will follow on the 2nd of december 2012. then she will make a short visit to frankfurt, sustaining us with just another splendid performance of hers ... 

i'm so looking forward to it already.