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
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- a narrow street flanked by bollard and by tall grey buildings
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- #architecture/bollard #architecture/building #paths/street #place/France/Paris
A pigeon hunts for crumbs. Ever nearer.
Moss in the cracks of the cobble stones. I remember photographing it during my previous visit
None of the mirrors let me see myself
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- None of the mirrors let me see myself
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- a building reflected in the mirror of a parked scooter
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- #activity/exhausting #architecture/building #mirror #place/France/Paris #reflection #vehicles/scooter
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- stone pillars in front of a church
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- #activity/exhausting #architecture/building/church/cathedral/Saint-Sulpice #architecture/pillar #material/stone #place/France/Paris
A brown and white pigeon lands but flies off when a woman walks by.
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- a purposefully blurry shot of cars crossing a bridge over a river at night
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- #architecture/bridge/Pont de Sully #architecture/light #camera/blur #place/France/Paris #reflection #water/surface/flowing/river/Seine
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- a bridge at night
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- #architecture/bridge/Pont d'Austerlitz #architecture/light #place/France/Paris #reflection #water/surface/flowing/river/Seine
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- a textured stone wall on a building
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- #architecture/building #architecture/wall #material/stone #place/France/Paris
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- a floral mural beside stone pillars and a curved glass wall
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- #architecture/building/Accès Culture #architecture/pillar #drawing/mural #material/glass #material/stone #place/France/Paris
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- a selfie taken in a frosted glass window with a colourful mural behind me
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- #architecture/building/Accès Culture #camera/selfie #drawing/mural #material/glass #people/bcj #place/France/Paris #reflection
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- more traditional apartment buildings reflected in a sheer wall of square glass windows
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- #architecture/building #architecture/building/Accès Culture #architecture/window #material/glass #reflection
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- A golden statue of an angel holding a torch (the spirit of freedom) on a tall column as viewed through branches
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- #architecture/pillar/July Column #place/France/Paris #plants/tree #sculpture/Augustin Dumont/Génie de la Liberté
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- metal beams under a bridge
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- #architecture/bridge/Pont de Sully #material/metal #place/France/Paris
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- a flower placed on the arch of a bridge
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- #architecture/arch #architecture/bridge/Pont de Sully #material/stone #place/France/Paris #plants/forb/Chrysanthemum #plants/part/flower
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- stones forming an arch in a tunnel under a bridge
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- #architecture/arch #architecture/bridge/Pont de Sully #material/stone #place/France/Paris
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- an ornate dome and the eiffel tower visible through the fog
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- #architecture/building/Institude de France #architecture/building/tower/Eiffel #architecture/dome #object/vane #place/France/Paris #water/weather/fog
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- A sculpture of Krillin in his training gi bathed in blue light
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- #architecture/light #architecture/tunnel/Tunnel des Tuileries #people/fictional/Krillin #place/France/Paris #sculpture
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- a spiderweb on a light
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- #architecture/light #architecture/tunnel/Tunnel des Tuileries #architecture/web/spider #place/France/Paris
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- the glass pyramid of the louvre reflecting the louvre building beside it
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- #architecture/building/Louvre/Pyramid #architecture/window #material/glass #place/France/Paris #reflection
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- the metal lattice that supports the glass pyramid of the louvre
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- #architecture/building/Louvre/Pyramid #architecture/window #place/France/Paris
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- straight rows of trees in a french garden
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- #architecture/building/Palais Royal #place/France/Paris #plants/tree
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- a fountain constructed of many shiny metal balls
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- #architecture/building/Palais Royal #place/France/Paris #reflection #sculpture/Pol Bury/Sphérades #water/surface/artificial/fountain
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- a lit window in a hotel room at night
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- #architecture/building/hotel #architecture/light #architecture/window
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- a lit window in a hotel room at night
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- #architecture/building/hotel #architecture/light #architecture/window
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- looking down a narrow spiral staircase
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- #architecture/building/hotel #architecture/stairs/spiral #place/France/Paris
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- a traffic light displaying a red cross
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- #architecture/building #architecture/light/traffic #place/France/Paris #symbol/cross
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- a building with ornate windows
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- #architecture/building #architecture/window #place/France/Paris
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- a person walking down a street with an instrument on their back
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- #architecture/building #object/instrument/sousaphone #paths/street #people/stranger #place/France/Paris
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- a black bug on an orange plant
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- #animals/insect/stink bug/Southern Green #place/France/Paris/park/Jardin des Plantes #plants/forb #unknown/plant/orange fluffy
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- a black bug beginning to turn green on an orange plant
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- #animals/insect/stink bug/Southern Green #place/France/Paris/park/Jardin des Plantes #plants/forb #unknown/plant/orange fluffy
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- a selfie in a window
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- #architecture/building #architecture/window #camera/selfie #people/bcj #place/France/Paris #reflection
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- a purple flower growing on a stairway garden
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- #architecture/stairs/Escalier Végétalisé Rue Rollin #place/France/Paris #plants/forb/Bellflower #plants/moss #plants/part/flower
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- a large brick wall
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- #architecture/building #architecture/wall #material/brick #place/France/Paris
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- a winged lion with serpaint tail spewing water
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- #place/France/Paris #sculpture/Gabriel Davioud/Fontaine Saint-Michel #water/surface/artificial/fountain
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- a large colourful elephant fountain
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- #place/France/Paris #sculpture/Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle/The Elephant #water/surface/artificial/fountain/Stravinsky
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- a large colourful mermaid firing water from her breasts
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- #place/France/Paris #sculpture/Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle/The Heart #water/surface/artificial/fountain/Stravinsky
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- buildings against a cloudy sky
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- #architecture/building #place/France/Paris #silhouette #sky/cloud
