Like it's crusty twin, London, Paris is a mysteriously labyrinthine place at times. I found a bookshop yesterday, just opposite Notre Dame, and today it was nowhere to be seen. It's like the city has to 'get to know you' before it will share all it's many parts. Of course I found it again when I wasn't looking for it, no doubt tomorrow it will once more escape me.
I've been out to La Defense. That is a totally different Paris. Stunningly original and ultra-modern architechture and sculpture thrown all together in a smallish area, it is like the designers of the original city came back to life and rebuilt it in a style consistent with that of around 2050. I rode to the top of the grand arch and surveyed a hazey skyline, and also saw an exhibition on the history of computing from the 1700s-present. I'm still finding too many things to do here without having time to move on; and I can't wait for the NZ vs France game in the town square, hehe!
Pictured is André at our 'local' in Montmarte. We dine at the restaurant I can only remember as being called the 'Roger Gascoine'.
2 comments:
OMG how was that game then? We watched it this morning, crikey it was a bit sad in the second half. You could hear all the horns cranking around the streets afterwards...Oh the shame. Damn those Frogs!!
man, imagine what it was like in the town square with 3000 of the proud buggers! we deserved that defeat, and the ribbing we got afterward :-(
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