Pont des Arts (oh come back summer)
Gay Paree, I've decided I like this city. There is a lot to like, but it's the odd stuff that ticks one's clock. I like the surreal feeling of driving around Place d'Etoile and Place de la Concorde on the cobbles. I like the butchers with their one-strap aprons that get ready in the early mornings. I like the way one falls out of the narrow lanes of the 16th arrondissement into a huge laneless free-for-all of an intersection at Porte d'Auteuil alongside Roland Garros and the hippodrome. I like the Seine and its bridges. I like finding little neighbourhoods that I never knew were there. I like the natural distrust of the French, it makes the butchers leave the feet on the chickens. I like the way off-beat Citroën technology is embraced.
Place Vendôme
View from Grand Palais
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