In 1978 I moved to the 'Cité Internationale', a large area having several houses of different countries. I lived there about three years and the first one was in the 'Maison du Japon'. Then I went to the 'Maison Deutsch de la Meurthe'. The first one has a japonese style and the second is a french house, whose name comes from a rich french family, also known by their 'mécénat' (patronage). Several buildings compose this very beautiful residence and, constructed with bricks, it has, curiously, a british style. I was lucky: in this 'maison' there was a BW laboratory and I used it quite often. The 'Cité Internationale' is located in a very green area. In front of the 'cité', there is the amazing 'Parc Montsouris', a very calm place and good to relax. Most of the pictures here shown were taken in that period and in these two places. I used my Olympus OM2n and several Zuikos for the photos, unless otherwise described. The images shown here are obtained directly from my BW prints trough my Nikon D90.