Vacation Part II: Paris

2024-11-02

The second half of my trip was in paris. I was previously there for a day for a work trip a few years ago and decided to come back to visit and celebrate the 50th anniversary of my favourite book, An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris

stone stairs, covered in plants, on the side of a steep hill stone stairs, covered in plants, on the side of a steep hill a sticker attached to a metal fence featuring the word 'Paris' and a smiling elephant drawn with minimal strokes water droplets on a fallen purple leaf, making it blend in with the gravel beneath it a narrow street flanked by bollard and by tall grey buildings a pigeon standing on the edge of a fountain, in front of a grotesque face. in the mouth of the grotesque is a pipe that would shoot water if the fountain were on a pigeon standing on the edge of a fountain, in front of a grotesque face. in the mouth of the grotesque is a pipe that would shoot water if the fountain were on A pigeon walking along a cobblestone square

A pigeon hunts for crumbs. Ever nearer.

moss growing between cobblestones

Moss in the cracks of the cobble stones. I remember photographing it during my previous visit

a building reflected in the mirror of a parked scooter

None of the mirrors let me see myself

stone pillars in front of a church a brown and white pigoen facing away from the camera

A brown and white pigeon lands but flies off when a woman walks by.

a metal grating above a subway a metal mooring ring on a stone wall a staircase down to the river a crane reflected in a puddle trees reflected in a puddle lights reflecting on a river at night a red light reflecting on a swelling river at night a purposefully blurry shot of cars crossing a bridge over a river at night lights reflecting on a river at night a bridge at night a textured stone wall on a building a partially covered alley flanked by buildings a floral mural beside stone pillars and a curved glass wall a selfie taken in a frosted glass window with a colourful mural behind me more traditional apartment buildings reflected in a sheer wall of square glass windows A golden statue of an angel holding a torch (the spirit of freedom) on a tall column as viewed through branches a colourful boat trees reflected in a leaf-covered puddle pigeons hanging out by a canal a swan in a canal metal beams under a bridge a flower placed on the arch of a bridge stones forming an arch in a tunnel under a bridge a small white flower with pink tips blue and purple flowers a mushroom growing in a stump a stairway up from a river purple flowers a spiky seed pod on a plant an ornate dome and the eiffel tower visible through the fog an angry satyr grotesque on a bridge a smiling face on a bridge people walking along a graffiti-covered tunnel A sculpture of Krillin in his training gi bathed in blue light a spiderweb on a light bikes reflected in a rainy sidewalk a tiny puddle in a fallen leaf an eye in a willow tree a manhole cover a broken metal grille in a hole the glass pyramid of the louvre reflected in a puddle the glass pyramid of the louvre reflecting the louvre building beside it the metal lattice that supports the glass pyramid of the louvre the metal lattice that supports the glass pyramid of the louvre squares in a concrete ceiling flowers straight rows of trees in a french garden a fountain constructed of many shiny metal balls the number 13 in neon on a building a pigeon with puffed up chest an accidental photo a lit window in a hotel room at night a lit window in a hotel room at night looking down a narrow spiral staircase a traffic light displaying a red cross grass growing between stones an ornate metal grating a building with ornate windows a person walking down a street with an instrument on their back a wilted artichoke flower water droplets on a white flower a wilted flower a yellow flower a red flower vibrant purple flowers water droplets on green plants red, pink, and yellow flowers a ladybug on a leaf a black bug on an orange plant a black bug with white spots on a leaf a black bug beginning to turn green on an orange plant a green bird on a sunflower stalk a green bird on a sunflower stalk a green bird on a sunflower stalk a green bird on a sunflower stalk yellow and red flowers an orange flower a yellow and red flower a white flower a yellow flower with red tips small pink flowers a large insect on the back of a flower a flower covered in water droplets a pink and white flower a large sculpture of a crustacean a selfie in a window a 1-footed pigeon a small snail on a leaf a small snail on a leaf a purple flower growing on a stairway garden a sign on a school: ecole normale superieure a large brick wall a building with fancy brickwork a building with fancy brickwork a rough arch in an old stone building a winged lion with serpaint tail spewing water flowers growing along the edge of a bridge an unknown plant with a large seedpod pigeons attempting to eat a hard piece of bread a large colourful elephant fountain a large colourful mermaid firing water from her breasts a leaf-covered path along a river white flowers growing out of a stone wall buildings against a cloudy sky seed pods on a tree
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