I know this sounds like a cliche, but Paris is my favorite city. I’ve visited three times, the first in 2001 and the last in 2011.
One of the first short stories I posted on Trent’s World was set in Paris and is based on something that did happen the first time I was there.
I’ve also featured Paris in several other posts, including a Haiku. I even put up a selfie from Paris, 2002:
Of all of things I’ve posted on my blog about Paris, my favorite has to be the video of my Prelude in Ab, Dreams of Paris. Once also posted a non-musical analysis of this prelude. If you haven’t seen the video, check it out:
(Click here if you don’t see the video)
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…why cling to the touristy Paris? try Bourges and Chateauroux next time and my native village and so many other interesting sites.
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Yes, I will try to get farther away from the city next time. But a lot of people come here and don’t get far beyond NY, LA or Boston, so… Actually, I’ve read through books about some areas in France that are so full of history that I do want to eventually visit.
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sure but visiting buildings mightn’t be all that lively or challenging. continental Europeans are very different from Americans, think different, talk different, eat different. when you meet people, you get put off balance from your “comfort zone” as the saying goes in your language. next time, if I may suggest, meet and mix with the people and forget the buildings. you’ll go back home a different person.
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Not just buildings, art too ;) Yes, I get what you are saying.
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ah yes, you’re right, I know of some French people who travel to NY only to go shopping!
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My comment in 2017 from France. what can i say? nice to know that you guys from America like the main city of my homeland. However :-) only 15 million French people live there and we are 65 million… so the other 50 million live somewhere else in France. Why clinging to the touristy Paris when there are SO MANY beautiful OTHER PLACES in France!!!!!
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I agree – the last time I was there I also visited the touristy area of the Loire Valley ;) OK, more seriously, I do want to visit more of your country. The thing about Paris is that it is easy – it is easy to make travel arrangements, it is easy to stay in, etc. If I were to travel more extensively, I would want to do it with someone who knows the country. And i will, some day….
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Loved the video. Paris isn’t my favourite city but I’ve still managed to go there six times in my life. The first was in 1968! I think the last visit in 2007 with our boys was my favourite. I love to see a familiar city through the eyes of children for the first time.
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1968? Were you a newborn? I would have been 4 or 5 back then. I think what I like is that they displaced the modern city a few miles out of the city center so it retains the feel of another age. Thanks for watching the video!
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Just about. :) Yes, you are right. It is a gorgeous city.
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You know what I miss—French bread! It was like ambrosia!
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I agree – the bread is so good!
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Trent: Taking selfies since 2002, even Before it was cool ! :D
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Those are some great pictures there. Oh what a selfie!
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Thanks! I was freshly arrived and very jet lagged. We were sitting in a cafe waiting for our hotel. I noticed the mirrors and couldn’t help myself ;)
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I do understand. It is such a great selfie, ages before the selfie craziness
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Beautiful pictures, slideshow and music Trent.
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Thanks Sonya! it is a great city to photograph.
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I hadn’t seen the video. Thanks for posting it again. Loved it!
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Thanks Corina! Besides having nothing new to write about today, I sometimes like to repost things like the video in case someone missed it.
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