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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- stone stairs, covered in plants, on the side of a steep hill
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- stone stairs, covered in plants, on the side of a steep hill
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- a sticker attached to a metal fence featuring the word 'Paris' and a smiling elephant drawn with minimal strokes
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- water droplets on a fallen purple leaf, making it blend in with the gravel beneath it
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- a narrow street flanked by bollard and by tall grey buildings
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- 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
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- 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
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A pigeon hunts for crumbs. Ever nearer.
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- A pigeon walking along a cobblestone square
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Moss in the cracks of the cobble stones. I remember photographing it during my previous visit
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- moss growing between cobblestones
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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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- stone pillars in front of a church
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A brown and white pigeon lands but flies off when a woman walks by.
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- a brown and white pigoen facing away from the camera
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- a metal grating above a subway
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- a staircase down to the river
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- trees reflected in a puddle
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- lights reflecting on a river at night
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- a red light reflecting on a swelling river at night
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- a purposefully blurry shot of cars crossing a bridge over a river at night
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- a bridge at night
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- a textured stone wall on a building
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- a partially covered alley flanked by buildings
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- a floral mural beside stone pillars and a curved glass wall
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- a selfie taken in a frosted glass window with a colourful mural behind me
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- more traditional apartment buildings reflected in a sheer wall of square glass windows
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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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- a colourful boat
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- pigeons hanging out by a canal
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- metal beams under a bridge
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- a flower placed on the arch of a bridge
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- stones forming an arch in a tunnel under a bridge
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- a small white flower with pink tips
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- blue and purple flowers
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- a mushroom growing in a stump
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- a stairway up from a river
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- purple flowers
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- a spiky seed pod on a plant
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- an ornate dome and the eiffel tower visible through the fog
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- an angry satyr grotesque on a bridge
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- a smiling face on a bridge
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- people walking along a graffiti-covered tunnel
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- A sculpture of Krillin in his training gi bathed in blue light
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- a spiderweb on a light
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- bikes reflected in a rainy sidewalk
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- a tiny puddle in a fallen leaf
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- an eye in a willow tree
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- a manhole cover
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- a broken metal grille in a hole
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- the glass pyramid of the louvre reflected in a puddle
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- the glass pyramid of the louvre reflecting the louvre building beside it
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- the metal lattice that supports the glass pyramid of the louvre
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- straight rows of trees in a french garden
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- a fountain constructed of many shiny metal balls
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- the number 13 in neon on a building
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- looking down a narrow spiral staircase
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- grass growing between stones
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- vibrant purple flowers
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