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Photos © Ruud Leeuw
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Taking the hispeed train, the Thalys, again to Paris for a visit of a few days. A remake of 5 years ago, as in 2016 a lot did not work out for me and I found the French were horrific. But except Jeu de Paume, I found everything worked out wonderfully well! And I was never insulted or ignored this time by the French, I even found more people willing and able to speak some English. The weather was fantastic during our trip (same length and time of year as in 2016), I took a shitload of photos (as you will find), bought fantastic photobooks (15 in all shapes and sizes), found the people cheerful, in short: the world breathed a sunny 'joie de vivre'... |
We stayed in the Waldorf Hotel (no, not THE Waldorf..) in Montparnasse
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Le Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris
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Le Jardin des Tuileries
Statues in
the Tuileries Garden
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Games of pétanque in the Tuileries Garden View on the Arc de Triomphe from the Place de la Concorde. Two weeks later it was completely wrapped in silver and blue fabric, in a tribute to the late artist couple Christo and Jeanne-Claude, who conceived the project in 1961. |
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Puces de clignancourt marché
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