Monday, October 21, 2013

"Paris c'est un museum dore" (Andre Glucksmann) and "It is the Parisians who leave dog excrement on the sidewalks" (Stephen Erlanger, New York Times)


Tour Montparnasse:  It would make Seattle proud and fit in great in Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Honolulu, Dubai, Shanghai, Tokyo, Johannesburg, Berlin, Hong Kong, Sydney...



Tourist-y or not, it does,make the Space Needle look pretty-ugly.





"Paris is the most beautiful city in the world; to me, only Prague comes close. But Paris is also filthy. While tourists regard Paris with awe and respect, for the most part many Parisians treat it with studied indifference, a high virtue here, or with contempt.

It is the Parisians who leave dog excrement on the sidewalks, who ignore the trash containers. With smoking now supposedly banned inside restaurants, the terraces of cafes become more crowded. But the streets have become ashtrays..."


http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/10/20/travel/reflections-on-a-paris-left-behind.html?ref=stevenerlanger&_r=0

http://seattletimes.com/html/travel/2022074228_parisfranceescapesxml.html#.UmKVlKRY6SI.facebook

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