vendredi 4 février 2011
Paris is known for its history, its highlights, its atmosphere which gave it its nickname "City of Lights." However, the city is still full of little secrets, places and amazing characters that help to give a particular image and yet unknown. As you beyond the beaten track, you will see and discover the real Paris either. Colorful characters, extravagant shows here or there. They know their play so that you do not go unnoticed: surprise, shock, challenge, move sometimes. In short, they lead us to contemplate them and break the indifference that is often evidence, this is their common point.
City of museums, exhibitions, art history, anyone sensitive to these areas will be charmed by all that the city can offer. In an open and curious mind, I sometimes let myself into one of those universes that tell the life of yesterday or reflect our contemporary society and its evolution. Thus, in 2010, I was pleasantly surprised and amused by an outdoor exhibit devoted to toilets in the world. Held at bastille, this event was a unique way for us to realize the cultural differences and economic developments of our era. While heavily loaded with colorful and humorous pictures.
See Paris in a pod, 150 meters, floats in the air and watch the sky train, barges on the Seine, the secret gardens on rooftops, the Eiffel Tower, Trocadero and the Invalides. This exciting experience allows children and older people, in a fun and adventuturous way, to contemplate the capital and develop their aesthetic sensibility. Meet at Parc André Citroën to live this moment, rather short (10 minutes) but unforgettable.
The viaduc des Arts, a railroad's brick-and-stone viaduct that carried suburban trains until the 70s, offers a chance to take a break from city sidewalk and street traffic while seeing how historic preservation and modern urban-design objectives can work in harmony. Along the promenade in small wooded paths with their tunnels that give all their charm to this trip, you'll see how the city continues to grow and develop, combining the old and the new in wxays that can bring excitement and vitality to neighborhoods that are off the main tourist circuit.
Canal St-Martin, the Parc de Bercy, the Lutetia arena (one of the few vestiges of the Roman era in Paris), the view over the Seine and the Ile St-Louis from the terrace of the Institut du Monde Arabe, the Parc des Buttes Chaumont and Belleville with their breathtaking views, and others that I forget ... All of these destinations will help you to feel this unusual Paris.
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