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Montmartre in the snow
« Thread Started on Jan 21, 2013, 2:06pm »		[Quote]
Snow is rare in Paris. Generally we see a few flakes once or twice a year, but it almost always melts the moment it touches the ground -- or else it snows during the night and it is already half gone by the time people wake up. The snow on the weekend was reputedly the heaviest snowfall in Paris since the 1980's. Even though there were no big flakes, it snowed non stop for more than 12 hours.

And so I went to Montmartre on Sunday morning.

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« Reply #1 on Jan 21, 2013, 2:11pm »		[Quote]
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This furry beast seemed quite indignant about the weather.
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Re: Montmartre in the snow
« Reply #3 on Jan 21, 2013, 2:20pm »		[Quote]
Ahhhhh, fantastic photographs!!! Outstanding!
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« Reply #4 on Jan 21, 2013, 3:45pm »		[Quote]
It is beautiful, but must be very slippery with all those hills. I studied in Perugia, an Italian "hilltown" (though fully a city) atop a small mountain or very high hill, and it was quite treacherous when there was snow and ice - which probably happens more often there than in Paris, as it is at a higher elevation, though many Km south...

A doctor friend there was always pissed off when she had to set the broken ankles of chic young women who insisted on wearing high heels...

You've already shown us that furry cat. It certainly has an adequate coat for snow, and weather considerably colder than that day's.
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« Reply #5 on Jan 21, 2013, 4:24pm »		[Quote]
Lovely photos. Just how the 'perfect' winter should look. :)

Montmartre looks enchanting.
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« Reply #6 on Jan 21, 2013, 4:59pm »		[Quote]
thanks for sharing! (I recall Paris in the cold, yet not in the snow...)

do kids in Paris still have sledges? I assume Buttes-Chaumont et al should have been pretty crowded...
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« Reply #7 on Jan 21, 2013, 5:25pm »		[Quote]
Yesterday, I did not see anyone equipped with sleds -- they were using the urban replacement: black garbage bags!
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« Reply #8 on Jan 22, 2013, 1:05am »		[Quote]
Great pictures, Kerouac, looks amazing. Thanks for sharing.
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« Reply #9 on Jan 22, 2013, 5:28am »		[Quote]
Much as I hate sn*w, I am grateful to it for providing you with the opportunity to take these dazzlingly beautiful pictures. Superb!
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« Reply #10 on Jan 22, 2013, 8:17pm »		[Quote]
Enchanting photos of Montmarte. And what an extremely supremely superior cat.
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« Reply #11 on Feb 2, 2013, 10:48pm »		[Quote]
I live in Alaska and I still think Montmartre may be worse in the snow! All of the steps and hills have got to be treacherous, especially if it is still cold when the snow melts and turns into ice.
I have to say, though, it looks beautiful!
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« Reply #12 on Feb 10, 2013, 5:28am »		[Quote]
Beautiful! This is a Montmarte I've never seen before, even in photos. It's amazing how in some of the shots it looks like an idyllic little town rather than a wildly popular tourist trap in a wildly popular city. Having said that, I am surprised that a pretty healthy number of tourists braved the weather. I sure wouldn't have!

We just got a bunch of snow yesterday and my scruffy street looked pretty for a little while. I should have taken pictures. Too late now, it looks like crap again.

Love that cat perched on the statue. So cute!
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Re: Montmartre in the snow
« Reply #13 on Feb 10, 2013, 6:15am »		[Quote]
There were far more Parisians than usual in the crowd, because whenever it snows in Paris, the first thing that comes to the mind of a lot of Parisians is "let's go to Montmartre" and they flock there like lemmings. I'm proof of that.
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Re: Montmartre in the snow
« Reply #14 on Feb 10, 2013, 8:08am »		[Quote]
I think that in places where it doesn't snow often, locals tend to go out in it. Here, where it rarely snows, the rare times you see lots of people walking around outside is when it does. At least the first day.
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