You know that I live “ près de Paris” and perhaps you have in mind the neighbourhood of Bécon-les-bruyères? Bécon is a district of Courbevoie. Les bruyères is in Bois-Colombes. ​La gare The district lies at the intersection of three towns: Courbevoie, Bois-Colombes and Asnières. In fact, that's the name of the station where I take the train. Bécon-les-bruyères. The station is at the intersection of two lines: the Paris-Versailles/Saint-nom-la-Bretèche line and the Paris-Maison-Lafitte line. This makes us privileged, because there are always trains to Paris, and from our station we can go to lots of different places: Versailles, Nanterre, La Défense, Saint-Cloud, etc. The area is very popular with Parisians when they want to leave Paris because it's close to Paris by public transport, but also to La Défense, the major business district (4 minutes by train). If you remember Émilie, who was recently interviewed on the podcast, well, she used to work at La Défense. So did Pietro. ​Architecture It's a lively area, with lots of shops. Most of the buildings are from the 1930s, with typical architecture. Some are older, dating from before the 20th century. It's also a neighbourhood with whole streets of houses as soon as you move away from the station. In 2021, Anne-Laure and I went for a walk in our neighbourhood and admired the buildings and houses. And I drew you a map on the occasion. Along the railway line, in the direction of La Défense, there are now many modern buildings, office blocks and apartment blocks (that's where we live). 1941 — vendredi 15 janvier 2021 — Immeuble d’Eugène Coulon, avenue Gallieni à Courbevoie 1947 — vendredi 29 janvier 2021 — Immeuble de Monsieur Oradour, 6 rue du Tintoret à Asnières-sur-Seine 1985 — vendredi 7 mai 2021 — Découvrir la villa Pilaudo, à Asnières, avec Anne-Laure 1986 — lundi 10 mai 2021 — Découvrir la villa Pilaudo, à Asnières, avec Anne-Laure. 2e partie Le pont de Levallois ​Missing from this plan is the Levallois bridge. The Levallois bridge allows us to cross the Seine and reach Levallois, where the terminus of metro line 3 is located. It was on this bridge that I invented the ‘houseboat game’, which was mentioned in Libby Schmais's ‘The pillow book of Lotus Lowenstein’. The game is childishly simple. Go to a bridge Watch the boats go by If a barge goes by, you win. If no barge passes, you lose. The barges come and go from Normandy: Rouen, Le Havre. Some travel as far as Germany or further afield. It was also on the Levallois bridge that I first met Alice Chance, the composer. We've since become great friends, and it was she who gave me the great pleasure of composing the jingle for One Thing In A French Day. ​ L'île de la Jatte ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ From the Levallois bridge, you can also reach one of the great islands of the Seine: the Ile de la Jatte. This island used to be called the Grande Jatte, and Seurat painted a famous picture of it in 1884. This painting is now in the Chicago Art Institute.