It’s rained here every day for the last 16 days and yesterday I even had to wake up Gage from his nap to take him to the basement when a tornado warning rolled through town. When we visited France in 2010 our time in Lyon was perfect but Paris gave us more than one day of rain. Enjoy some gloomy pictures from around Paris and Versailles. Paris, even is the rain, was still beautiful.
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Paris Versus New York by Vahram Muratyan. Finished 7-1-13, rating 5/5, travel, pub. 2012
Love, love, love! I have loved New York since the first weekend trip Jason and I took there to visit The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1997. After many trips and a 5 month stay in 2000 I felt like I was a decent tour guide to out of town guests. I loved the city, but Jason and I both agreed that it would only be doable long term if you could afford to get out of the city on weekends. We only spent five days in Paris so any real comparison between the two would be superficial, but it is safe to say that both cities are favorites of ours. I probably prefer New York and Jason, Paris.
This book comes from a blog by graphic artist Muratyan and features a contrast between the two cities with pictures and one line captions. I thought this was a fun 15 minutes and I’ve found myself flipping through again and again in the past few days. I think there are some stereotypes in his 100+ comparisons, but some stereotypes fit the bill. I think this is a fun gift for someone who loves both cities. It’s also a great book to look through at the library or bookstore since it doesn’t take long. I checked this copy out of the library and I’m a little sad to have to return it. Totally fun, but not a serious expose of either city.
I found the Pompidou Museum interesting, but some of the exhibits disturbing. We spent quite a bit of time here with our friends and it was a mix of very cool and very gross.
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