What a great card! It's Paris at the tail end of the Belle Epoque. The title is "Paris -- Notre-Dame Vue de L'ile Saint-Louis" (Notre Dame Seen from Saint Louis Island). I love the painting. It looks like late afternoon at the end of a rainy day. 
My dear Loulou. We ____ very good Arrived and went for a short walk before going to sleep. I can't make out the last part. The corner says: Your father--- kiss you too
This is the street in Brussels, Belgium that contains 329 Rue des Palais. It looks seedy only partially I think because the street is torn up. Note the Midas Muffler shop on the corner.
There is a mixture of old and new on the block. I have no idea if even any of the older structures date from 1913. Speaking of that date, 1913:
Belgium hosted a World's Fair in the City of Ghent.
My first thoughts on seeing the date, 1913, was "I wonder what was going to happen to Mademoiselle Laurent". It was about a year and a half after she received this postcard that the Germans invaded her country.
It will remain a mystery what happened to Loulou and her Papa. If they survived the next four years, there was a good chance they would face many more challenges in the following decades.
Thanks for visiting.
