> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > steve harley > > on 2012-09-08 9:58 Bob W wrote > > I got back yesterday from a few days in Paris. I'd planned to cycle > > there and back, but an ankle injury put paid to that idea. I can > still > > barely walk, but somehow I managed to hobble around. Not exactly the > > flaneur of normal, but still. > > > > I stayed in a flat about midway between Montparnasse and Barbes, > which > > are areas I didn't previously know particularly well, but are very > interesting. > > > > Unfortunately I never quite got into the photographic groove, partly > > because every step was agony, but here are some photos, mainly > Atmosphere! > > Atmosphere! as Arletty would say... > > > > <http://www.web-options.com/Paris2012/> > > from my armchair, your photos let me hear and smell the streets >
thanks - that's what I hope for. > in my one trip to Paris i stayed on Rue Beaunier not far from where you > seem to have been; the everyday in that area was a great counterpoint > to the grand sights, but it seems you wandered far beyond the > boundaries your ankle would have set > Paris intramuros - that is, the 20 arrondissements - is very small, and it's very easy to get about quickly using the 'grands axes', the boulevards and large avenues. The secret of knowing Paris, indeed any city, is to understand how they relate to each other, and to learn the twiddly bits in between. It's only by walking or cycling that you can really learn a city, in my view. I'm not familiar with the rue Beaunier, although my map tells me it's quite close to the Parc Montsouris, which I visited on Thursday and which is one of my favourite parts of Paris. Indeed, if I retire to Paris when the time comes that is the likeliest area for me to look for somewhere to live. That's the South-East part of Paris, whereas I was more North Central, other side of the river. This was my approximate route from the apartment on the Wednesday - further than I thought or planned. It took a very long time to hobble all that way, I can assure you: <http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?zoom_level=12&submit=go> I walked a similar distance on Tuesday, far less on Thursday when I passed right by rue Beaunier on my way to the park from the Villa Seurat, where Henry Miller and Anais Nin used to live. Looking at these hobbles - I won't dignify them by calling them walks - I'm not surprised my ankle isn't getting any better. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
