NYTimes article ; Paris

Started by jim in paris, May 27, 2015, 01:14:14 PM

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jim in paris

in the new-york times :/----------
good article last week, with flair
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/05/20/travel/frugal-traveler-in-paris.html?_r=0

:) :)
jim
"oeuvre de coeur prend tout un homme"


ta0

Now we need the under $50 a day version  ;)

By the way, have you tried the cafe in the central patio of the Petit Palais? I recently read some blogs about it and I am including it in my novel. I want to visit it the next time I am there.

the Earl of Whirl

I have started looking at that article a couple times but never finished it.  Sorry.  I have some time this week.  I will try again.

Happiness runs in a circular motion!!!

jim in paris

Now we need the under $50 a day version  ;)
ah ah, you're right! ! i would be glad to escort you ! but the greatest spots tend to have a short life , victims of their success  ;D
anyway with the Euro so low against the Dollar, Europe is a fair deal


happy holidays :)
jim
"oeuvre de coeur prend tout un homme"


the Earl of Whirl

#4
It has been fascinating to read about the locks of love.  I knew there were a lot but a million of them?  And 45 tons??  Those are staggering numbers!

While reading about all of this I came across the man and his wife who are trying to save some of the locks and get them back to their original owners.  How nice!  He is using his collection of antique keys to try to open them.  I read where he has 'saved' 400 this way then they will post them on Instagram.  What a cool story.
Happiness runs in a circular motion!!!

ta0

#5
I was surprised last year of how many padlocks were on that bridge. I did not recall them from my previous visit in 2009. The first time I encountered this custom was in 2006 on a fence around a tree on the main street of Montevideo. According to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_lock), the custom started in Serbia 100 years ago. They started to appear in the rest of Europe in the early 2000's.

The French should have organized a contest of lock picking aficionados to remove them. Such hobbyists took them off the Brooklyn Bridge in 2013.

EDIT: I just read at the bottom of that wikipedia page:
QuoteOn a fountain in Montevideo in Uruguay, a plaque is affixed to the front of the fountain that provides an explanation in both English and Spanish. The English version of the text reads, "The legend of this young fountain tells us that if a lock with the initials of two people in love is placed in it, they will return together to the fountain and their love will be forever locked."
Perhaps they figured out that if the locks were not attached to any place and just dropped there, they could be easily removed as needed  :-\