Vin French

And often there is definitely a nuance of meaning if the adjective is prior to or after the word. For example:

Everyone asks me this very same question, on each interview. The answer I give is continually the same, and most effective resumed within the introduction to "Romantic Paris". Rather than paraphrase, let me quote directly from my book:

"For decades I attempted to determine why Paris is shrouded in such mystique. After all, medieval Paris was a dark den of filth, reeking with nauseous stench, and the two sinister prison fortresses that jutted out of its skyline could hardly have been conducive to romance. Yet the myth has been perpetuated for an excellent thousand years.

I racked my brains, I dug into the past, I travelled into my personal psyche searching for an answer, but I came back empty-handed. There merely is no answer. There lies the beauty of the enigma.

Norm:

If you had to pick six special romantic venues in Paris, exactly where would they be and why?

Thirza:

Very tough question, and it occasionally is dependent upon the season or time of day or night, since "romantic" implies seclusion.

*Place Dauphine, on the western side of Ile de la Cité, also preferably following dark.

*Buttes Chaumont, which has all the ingredients of a Brahms symphony that would have appealed to the likes of Lord Byron: a grotto, a dramatic waterfall, a lake with weeping willows, sheer cliffs topped by a Temple de l'Amour-what much better location for a lovers' kiss with eastern Paris spread like a carpet at your feet!

* Palais Royal (the house of writer Colette and Jean Cocteau), in early morning, before the arrival of the crowds, or at night time, following they have departed.

un grand homme 'a great man'

un homme grand 'a tall man'

* Montmartre, specially on the little frequented side streets, once more within the early hours of the morning, or right after dark.

Norm:

Could you describe to our audience six exceptional wedding venues in Paris to celebrate a marriage, and clarify why you would take into consideration these venues to be most unique?

Thirza:

Once far more the option is tough, so I am attempting to be as eclectic as I can, to match people's different tastes.

You can combine adjectives in each locations, as in:

*Without any shadow of doubt, my very first choice would go to a cruise boat on the river Seine. Make an effort to prolong your festivities into the evening so as to delight in the splendour of the floodlighting.

un nouveau petit ordinateur puissant 'a new small potent computer'