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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 22, 2023 16:06:36 GMT
I missed seeing that you had updated this thread, Whatagain and showed even more of the city, which seems quite beautiful. Love that curved walk between the high buildings. Also love how the whole city looks to be built from the same mellow-colored stone.
Had to laugh at the people sitting outside in front of Sherlock Holmes & your comment about their thinking that they're still British. To me, sitting outside with coffee in miserable weather in front of instead of inside a cozy café seems to be a quintessential British thing to do!
The tympan (so happy to have learned that word!) is indeed superb.
Re: Kerouac's remark about the paucity of Christmas decorations ~ whereas the mayor is probably right that it's a waste in one sense, contrasting the lack of them with the wonderful white lights in Libourne at the same time last year shows how genuinely uplifting the wasteful decorations are. Also, because of the European fondness for being outdoors in any kind of weather, it would seem that they deserve extra cheer in the darkest part of the year.
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