FROM PARIS WITH LOVE 3/3

Upon returning to Portugal, I look back at my days spent in Paris and I would say that Paris, probably like many other cities, has been strongly affected and still is by the Covid pandemic. Not many people on the streets, tourists are scarce and I dare saying that the city has lost a bit of its characteristic charm, somehow. However, the cultural landscape seems to be more or less the same as before and everywhere we see outdoors announcing events to be held until the end of the current year as well as in 2022. Bus stops are provided with hand cleaning gel dispensers. Smoking seems to have been a past habit, owing to - I presume - the high price of one pack (€10.0). The department store La Samaritaine that was reopened earlier this year, after several years of remodelling works is a must visit for the indoors ornaments.

OTHERS: LAFAYETTE

The Flea Market not so interesting as before. 

UNIQLO - THE JAPANESE DEPARTMENT STORE

SHOPPING CENTER AT LA DEFENSE

Streets, metro corridors and platforms were nicely cleaned and no masks disposed on the pavements. In general, people, either young or not so, were very kind and they offered their seats on the metro. Perhaps because of my old aged look... Much more could be added but I don't want to bother anyone who stops by... 

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FROM PARIS WITH LOVE....2/3

 As many of you know, in Paris, like in many other huge cities, time flies like an arrow, while people, either they are resident or not, from the same continent or from very far away, have interesting features that my camera likes capturing. 

I happened to watch newlyweds from maybe Middle East and their respective guests, children playing on the street, teens enjoying the warmth of sunshine as they were having a snack, homeless people, beggars, kids, silver-aged human beings (I like qualifying them by silver-aged instead of old), etc. I looked at them and the wings of my imagination made me fly high and above the reality... 

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FROM PARIS WITH LOVE.... 1/3

 

Life has made me be in Paris for a week....

The weather has been very fine, though already cold in the evening. Paris seems to be obsessed with Covid-related measures. Even if you have a coffee al fresco you are requested to wear a mask!!! At every corner - of course, my exaggeration - there is a tent for testing and/or innoculation. At some of these, I see long queues of youngsters, mainly. I have already been here for several times. No reason to visit the traditional must see ones. Unfortunately, I arrived on the very same day the disassembly of the wrapping work of the Arc de Triomphe had begun. I would have loved to have seen the work by Christo. 

Strolling in this city is very pleasurable and I have been walking and walking without a specific destination, except yesterday when I strolled around Le Marais and Les Halles, while today I spent the afternoon at La Defense neighborhood. 

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