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Post by htmb on Sept 1, 2012 2:34:50 GMT
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Post by htmb on Sept 1, 2012 2:57:40 GMT
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Post by mich64 on Sept 1, 2012 3:06:55 GMT
Fantastic photos htmb! This makes me want to get on a bike and ride up and down the Canal.
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Post by htmb on Sept 1, 2012 3:44:47 GMT
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Post by htmb on Sept 1, 2012 4:37:55 GMT
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Post by mossie on Sept 1, 2012 7:12:03 GMT
That was quite a walk , but well worthwhile. Loved your self portrait in the Geode
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Post by htmb on Sept 1, 2012 13:28:49 GMT
Hi, Mossie! Yes, it was a lot of walking (I actually did even more that day) and I enjoyed every minute. I'm sure you would agree walking is a great way to get to know a city. Fortunately, it was also one of the few days of my trip when it didn't rain. I had wondered if anyone would notice my reflection
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Post by tod2 on Sept 1, 2012 14:42:38 GMT
htmb - Thank you for such a wonderful and comprehensive photo essay on a really cool place in Paris! You revived many memories of my May trip and made me think there is lots to go back to!
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Post by htmb on Sept 1, 2012 14:49:46 GMT
htmb - Thank you for such a wonderful and comprehensive photo essay on a really cool place in Paris! You revived many memories of my May trip and made me think there is lots to go back to! Thanks, Tod. I was thinking of you when I posted this and trying to remember if this area was also included in your May visit. I didn't do a full report, since this has been done so well by Kerouac, but I did want to get my photos posted and thought the postcard area worked best.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2012 16:20:10 GMT
Always a magnificent route to take on a nice sunny day, although I note that it was beautifully sunny in the 19th arrondissement and not so sunny when you got to the 10th arrondissement. You included a number of my spots, such as the fire station where I made my firemen's ball report (and which burned that very same night!), and I can even see my colleague's rooftop apartment where I had dinner recently. If you've never taken the canal ride, I do recommend it -- but you will always find on all of the travel forums that it is not consensual: "Wonderful!" or "Boring!"
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Post by htmb on Sept 1, 2012 16:59:13 GMT
Many of my photos, especially around the areas of Chez Prune and Place du Colonel Fabien, were taken to remind myself where I had been, and also to help me retrace my steps if need be. Kind of like leaving bread crumbs, as for some stupid reason I had left my Paris map back at the apartment. Once I took another look at a couple of your reports I realized I had also taken pictures of many of the same sites. Yet another reason it has taken me so long to post these pics.
I had no idea the fire station was there until I happened upon it. I did remember reading your report a while back, though. In so many ways, I find it great to read reports, then forget some of the information. That way I'm a little inspired to travel to a place, but can rediscover it all over again and, afterwards, go back and review reports to reinforce what I had just seen. Does that make sense?
I have enjoyed my Paris walks and delighted in reading reports both before and after. And, Kerouac, it may have clouded up, but that day it never rained on me in Paris. I was one happy girl!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2012 17:37:27 GMT
Whistler's Mother always creates a bit of controversy when people ('American people') see it at the Orsay. I think that if American Gothic could be found there as well, it might be the end of the world for certain visitors (I just looked it up and it is safely in Chicago). It just seems so inappropriate for certain iconic works of art to be in the 'wrong' country. I'm sure that if ever Italy could get back the Mona Lisa, it would be a reason for a national holiday.
Each country has its own idea of the most important paintings created locally. I have no idea if there has ever been a poll of the favorite French painting. When you think of the various Renoirs or Monets (among so many others), it seems that it would be almost impossible to reach any sort of consensus. Nevertheless, if I had to bet on it, I sort of think that the French would choose Géricault's Raft of the Medusa.
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Post by htmb on Sept 1, 2012 17:51:22 GMT
I wondered where dear old mom had gotten off to, since I hadn't seen the painting since that particular summer. I assume the painting is still owned by the Orsay. Maybe she'll come back someday, as I'm much more likely to travel to France than I am to Chicago. There's something I like about the tones of gray used in the painting more than anything else.
The Raft of the Medusa is one of my favorites and a must see, even if it's just for a quick minute, each time I viait the Louvre.
Needless to say, I've learned over the years that I do my best exploring when I'm either by myself, or when I'm with someone who also possesses an introspective temperment.
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Post by mossie on Sept 1, 2012 19:00:54 GMT
I definitely find exploring is best done alone so one can follow ones nose, as it were, and see what you want to see. When I walked along there a year or so ago I was lucky enough to catch the pompiers practising. I also included the metro line 2 in my snapshot, with the train rattling across between Stalingrad and Juares.
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Post by htmb on Sept 1, 2012 19:04:21 GMT
Oh, fantastic, Mossie! You really did luck out!
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Post by mich64 on Sept 1, 2012 19:14:37 GMT
Ah... I now see you! Very good attention to detail Mossie.
I too recognized the fire hall from Kerouac's report, many nice photos of it htmb.
Mossie, I will be showing my husband your photo of the men training on the ladders. I think he would like his ladder training hours to be spent like that.
I have a similar photo posted of a public toilet, they are unusual and we do not see them here. We really enjoyed staying in the 11Th last year, it is such an interesting area.
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Post by htmb on Sept 1, 2012 20:40:48 GMT
On a side note: While Whistler was an American, I believe he painted the portrait of his mother in England, before it was purchased by the French government. And Leonardo da Vinci supposedly continued to work on the Mona Lisa after he moved to France. The Mona Lisa was acquired by Francis I on the death of da Vinci. Though no doubt the Americans and Italians would love to own each of these paintings, they are rightfully owned by the French government. It would be quite an international upheaval if precious art treasures were to be returned to the country of the artists' origins.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2012 20:45:23 GMT
Same as Picasso -- he did the majority of his work in France.
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Post by htmb on Sept 1, 2012 20:54:04 GMT
Same as Picasso -- he did the majority of his work in France. So very true. Speaking of which, can't you get them to hurry up and reopen the Musée Picasso? It is one of my most favorite museums.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2012 21:06:44 GMT
Still have to wait until summer 2013 for that!
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Post by fumobici on Sept 1, 2012 21:24:43 GMT
Wonderful, felt like I was along for the walk. It may be stuff most have us have already seen but it hardly lessens the pleasure of following along.
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Post by htmb on Sept 1, 2012 22:01:08 GMT
Hmmmm, reason enough for a sixth trip?
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Thanks, fumobici. BTW I looked up your carved globes a couple of weeks ago. Gorgeous! I admire your artistic talent.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 2, 2012 1:19:14 GMT
Finally my computer connection is cooperating & allowing me to go on this delightful trip, as full of detail as a Richard Scarry book. I may have mentioned this before, but I love your photos. And I quite like the way you used the terrain to give us some unexpected angles and views.
I thought I was immune to ever feeling interest in a boat again, but that black beauty you show after the tourist boat actually makes me want to take possession.
The way you laid this out truly takes the viewer along with you. Super!
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Post by htmb on Sept 2, 2012 2:00:24 GMT
Thanks very much, bixa. I'm not sure if you can tell by the pictures, but there was a woman at the helm of that little boat. I found it very intriguing also.
As for the tourist boat, I was glad I was walking that day. I had about ten minutes to study the expressions on the faces of the boat passengers and they looked like a most disinterested group. Only the little girls on the front and a couple of other people looked to me like they were not bored to tears.
It's not that I wouldn't wish to be on a canal boat. It's just that I would prefer to be with a more enjoyable group.
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Post by 6lucky on Sept 2, 2012 22:13:02 GMT
Thanks for spending the time to put this together. I still think this is my favorite area in Paris. Wandering the double digit arrondissements always makes me feel like more of a traveler than a tourist.
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Post by tod2 on Sept 3, 2012 11:11:03 GMT
Looking through your delightful photo-essay once again htmb I have noticed more detail and seen things never noticed on my first run-through! For instance the sign you photographed at Place du Colonel Fabien...1919 (the year my father was born) and 1944 (the year I was born) ;D
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Post by htmb on Sept 3, 2012 16:29:40 GMT
So, tod, you have a connection with Colonel Fabien, and it sounds like he lived a most interesting life, though dying young. That photo was taken during one of my mapless "now where the hell am I" moments, but I would like to go back and explore the area some more. I've kicked myself a couple of times for not taking a photo of the broken toilet on the sidewalk at the time I took the Place photo. And I had no idea the building in the background was the headquarters of the French Communist Party until informed by Kerouac. I felt very disoriented during this part of my walk because nothing was familiar and there was so much to take in. The diversity of the people I saw on the street was particularly striking.
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Post by tod2 on Sept 3, 2012 16:39:45 GMT
Ha Ha! Seems like it hey! Try not to feel bad about 'why didn't I' syndrome....it happens even when a person has been a seasoned traveler! We are so over-awed by our surroundings at times we go into what we South Africans refer to as a "dwaal" - translated I suppose means a daze.
Like yourself, I am one of the grateful ones that feed off Kerouac's wanderings and reports. I do my own research naturally but incorporate an awful lot of tips gleaned from his reports. Now that Kerouac is footloose and fancy free I think the coming months are going to be absolutely incredible - filled with not only 'gold' but littered with diamonds in the form of 'Hot Tips"!! ;D
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Post by lola on Sept 4, 2012 0:40:09 GMT
Very fine, htmb. I've never been up that way, and enjoyed your photos very much.
And well shot, mossie.
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Post by htmb on May 24, 2013 1:17:32 GMT
I'm looking forward to wandering this area again soon.
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