November 2011: Two days in Paris

1          The conference
2          First half day, from Gare du Nord to Île de la Cité
3          Palais du Louvre
4          Du côté de chez Proust
5          Au Bois De Boulogne
6          La Tour
7          Second Half-Day

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^{^ToC} 1 The conference

The conference itself was in "SENART", which is half an hours suburb train from Paris, and in the middle of NOWHERE. There was the hotel and a big shopping center. The shopping center was really crowded, but we never found out where all these people live. They came by care, obviously.
Otherwise there is NOTHING but huge unbuilt fields, vast as the whole Île de la Cité.

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But the people were very nice, and they have a big wind power station:

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That's me at the conference, proudly presenting my poster
(NORMALLY I would say it is below my level to present only a POSTER, but for us it was important to adress this SCENE, and Paris is Paris, and I haven't been there for about twenty years, which really is a shame!)

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^{^ToC} 2 First half day, from Gare du Nord to Île de la Cité

Saturday, short after the conference ended, I accompanied some colleagues which had to depart immeadiately. We first brought their suitcases to Gare Du Nord, and then walked down to Notre Dame.

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Notre dame itself is totally crowded and you have to queue over an hour go get into. But in the surroundings nearly every building is a marvel, so we didn't concentrate but leisurely floated through this symphony of flower-like stone.

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There are even some private lodging houses. Not the cheapest ?-)

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^{^ToC} 3 Palais du Louvre

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^{^ToC} 4 Du côté de chez Proust

Next day was my only real holiday, and I started at Arc de Triomphe, exploring "west end". I think the sculptures at the Arc de Triomphe itself have a rather obvious homosexual sub-text:

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On these classicistic monuments, even NAPOLEAON himself always has a baby face, looking not older than twenty-five, isn't it ?

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Luckily, at the horizon, La Defence, sends out an air of enliving coolness:

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After tunneling the Place d'Etoile, I started my exploration of west-end, towards Bois de Boulogne.

I chose the Avenue Foch, just by INSTINCT! Later it turned out that this is indeed the "Avenu du Bois" which is oftenly mentioned in "A la recherche ...". We really ARE in Proust's world!

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It ends again in military spirit: This is one of the Marshals of France, and he really looks like:

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This is what he sees:

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^{^ToC} 5 Au Bois De Boulogne

Then I entered the famous Bois de Boulogne, looking forward to see all the famous murderers, cools drug dealers and sweet hustlers.But it was nearly empty! It is SUNDAY and they all had their day off!

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Walking southward I came to a vast open place. If I remember right, then here once stood a palais, which is now destroyed and the site is rather deserted.

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Only the gardeners hut has survived!

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But from everywhere you see this strange ugly steel construction:

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Then walking back towards the center ...

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Finally, a Trocadero:

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(There is a bronce plate telling that Georges Mandel was killed under the NAZI regime, but by their own people, the collaborating "Miliz". That's amazing truthfulness!)

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^{^ToC} 6 La Tour

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The new color of La Tour in daylight is something like "liquid mud"; or worse.
But at night, when lit electrically, it is wonderfu! Like glowing gold!

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I would have liked to take a last photo from farer away, but then my accu was finished !-(

^{^ToC} 7 Second Half-Day

That was the day when I had to leave myself. I had the morning until three p.m. to walk into the EAST parts and visit the Père LaChaise. (Les tombeaux de CHOPIN and PROUST; NOT that of Morrison!)

But I had forgotten my camera with the luggage in the locker!
I think this was a GOOD IDEA!!

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