mailboxes of the world: Paris, France

This French La Poste mailbox was spotted in Paris very near to the Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower also has its own small post office where you can buy stamps and postcards… but it was closed when I visited.

I did stop by a local La Poste branch near my hotel and picked up some stamps for mailing lots more postcards. Paris was the final stop on our big Europe trip, so I made sure to send plenty of snail mail from there!

Can you spot Mona Lisa going into the mailbox? I got to see the painting in person at the Louvre — amazing, but so crowded! — and then sent out quite a few postcards versions of Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece. I love art postcards!