The place that made the deepest impression on Chen was Paris. Picture postcards, posters, and paintings could be found everywhere, in stores and on the streets.
巴黎雖然有許多特色，吸引陳朝寶的卻只是到處可見的畫卡、海報；書店裡擠滿了跟繪畫有關的書籍、街上處處有人拿著畫架寫生；住所不到二百公尺距離內就有十多家畫廊，還有市區十八、九世紀的建築景觀。