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Published: June 14th 2017
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Dali -Nobility of Time
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I don't LOVE Paris – so sue me!
Everything is BIG…the city is big, the buildings are big, the egos are (…lol) also big…the French themselves, though I was warned about them, don't really bother me that much…I don't find them rude, I think it's more that they are lazy, and VERY directionally challenged – you can bet your ass if they tell you to go left, you should go right…every other city on the world I have been to I have found that a smile and a thank you goes a long way but around here they seem to hesitate, like they think they're being big fat dags if they are nice to strangers
From the 'tour speak' I've heard it's obvious they are think they are really really important in the world, and that is also quite evident in the MASSIVE size of their buildings and monuments – it left me wondering more than once if they are aware of the ‘small man' syndrome they seem to be suffering en masse…they are quite obsessed with the revolution (just THE around here, not the French revolution) and take every opportunity to show pride in the slaughter of their monarchs and
my favourite shot
Eiffel tower and moon their entire bloodlines…France to them is post-Napoleonic, but no one seems to understand the simple concept of Napoleon Complex – denile is a river in Egypt….
It hasn't all been dicky, though, they're just my lolthoughts…I do love all those big and gaudy buildings, they really do take your breath away…standing in front of The Pantheon we were told it is now a monument to Grande Hommes and my brain switched into French and realized it meant Big Men…I inappropriately started laughing and then, embarrassed that everyone turned to look at me, I laughed some more
One of the most interesting things I have learnt was that Vichy France wasn't as ‘revolutionary' as I once thought…turns out the then-head of the Vichy government was a Nazi collaborator and though the average Frenchman may have thought he was taking part in a revolution, his whole life was little more than a farce…I wiki'd that shit and found it's actually common knowledge…merde!
A taxi driver was nice to me (mon dieu!) but it turns out he thought I was 27 and up for grabs…poor bastard had a visual fit when I told him I was 40
Highlights so far:
-Escpace Dali with 300 of Dali's works – not part of the ‘museum pass' crowd and a little difficult to find, this alone has made my visit to Paris worthwhile
-anything and everything in
Montmartre – I just adored the whole area, from the windy cobbled streets to the general ‘feeling' in the air, Montmartre for me far surpassed any gold-encrusted statue, obelisk, dome or get-fucked-look-how-big-this-is building
-being asked directions by French people - TWICE! The first time it was an old couple and I gave my practiced "no parlez vous francais" but then realised they were asking me where the Metro stop was, so I pointed the way…the second time was by a young French couple…the chick looked like she wanted to smack me when I said I don't speak French but her boyfriend spoke to me in English…they just wanted to know what street we were on and when I tried to show him on his map I saw he had it turned upside down...le dip shit
Notes:
-buy a museum pass from a tobacconist and skip the queues!
-don't go to Musee d'Orsay on a Monday, that shit is CLOSED - I had a minute of silence dedicated to me when I realised I wouldn't get to go 😞
-'moulin' means windmill
-i found a street in Montmartre called "Lepic"...when i build my castle i shall name it "Gauche Lepic"
Goals:
eat cheese every day – CHECK
eat croissants every day – CHECK CHECK!
TOMORROW: Versailles and Giverny
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kevloid
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when you get to germany after versailles, don't forget to mention to everybody 'hey, I was just at the place where you guys surrendered to france'. :-Dyeah of course the buildings and monuments in paris are huge - they were commissioned by
emperors and kings. kings don't commision tiny things (unless you count faberge eggs). peter the great commisioned an entire new city to be built where a swamp was. and julius caesar has 1/12 of the year named after him. :-pa guy thinking you're 27 is still a win.