tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post6563949382383092984..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: La Place de la Concorde from afarKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-34008871350762032032015-09-17T16:02:16.684+02:002015-09-17T16:02:16.684+02:00I've ridden a Vélib bike around Place de la Co...I've ridden a Vélib bike around Place de la Concorde. Actually I didn't find it all that frightening, creeping round the outside of all the traffic. Autolycushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642868944400656922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-1627655695792087842015-09-17T00:04:00.590+02:002015-09-17T00:04:00.590+02:00Thanks, chm. I didn't know that. A big diffe...Thanks, chm. I didn't know that. A big difference indeed.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-29553111403780027212015-09-16T21:27:06.194+02:002015-09-16T21:27:06.194+02:00I learn a lot of history right here. Thanks, CHM. ...I learn a lot of history right here. Thanks, CHM. Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-88115511647326107642015-09-16T20:40:27.648+02:002015-09-16T20:40:27.648+02:00The difference between the Luxor Obelisk and the E...The difference between the Luxor Obelisk and the Elgin Marbles was that the former was given by Mehemet Ali to Charles X of France and the latter were stolen from Greece by Lord Elgin. chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-18893970455828168882015-09-16T18:08:31.577+02:002015-09-16T18:08:31.577+02:00The tarps are pretty good...at first glance, I did...The tarps are pretty good...at first glance, I didn't realize the one to the left of the Tissot ad was even there. Place de la Concorde and Place'd'Etoile: it's been many years, but I had to go around more than once and all I could think about was my auto insurance.<br /><br />I have read that Egypt has asked for the reutrn of the Luxor Obelisk, much in the same way Greece has asked for the return of the Elgin Marbles from the British Museum. I wonder if wither will ever happen?Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-76975656544179428632015-09-16T15:16:36.199+02:002015-09-16T15:16:36.199+02:00I am loving the Paris photos both you and Walt are...I am loving the Paris photos both you and Walt are posting. As Walt said...paradise.C in Californiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11797701714608179842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-88952169351559467812015-09-16T14:39:36.843+02:002015-09-16T14:39:36.843+02:00Seeing the buildings from above give one insight a...Seeing the buildings from above give one insight about their true size. The Orangeries and Jeu de Paume are quite long. Before I realized there were tarps in the photo, I thought you had worked some photo shop on the buildings to make them look like paintings somehow. Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-10508365910621130542015-09-16T13:24:05.714+02:002015-09-16T13:24:05.714+02:00Wow-- we don't often see Place de la Concorde ...Wow-- we don't often see Place de la Concorde from far above like this (except maybe during the Tour de France final day coverage LOL).Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-7750347208701000882015-09-16T08:35:00.311+02:002015-09-16T08:35:00.311+02:00Blogger just did to me...
something along the lin...Blogger just did to me... <br />something along the lines of CHM's comment yesterday...<br />"elderly Peugeots, too" should be after Panhard!<br />Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-86872230079317946782015-09-16T08:30:31.344+02:002015-09-16T08:30:31.344+02:00Aha, the Place de la Concorde....
a place in Paris...Aha, the <i>Place de la Concorde</i>....<br />a place in Paris I have actually visited....<br />along with another 3,500 2CV and A-Series drivers...<br />numerous Traction Avants, H-Vans, DS's...<br />as well as air-cooled Visas and the odd Simca, Panhard...<br />the year... 1998... for the 50th birthday of the 2CV...<br />the date... late May... the time Friday rush-hour...<br />and we all had priority over everyone...<br />'twas chaos!! The gendarmes just shrugged at the real inhabitants... the Maire had said "Oui!!"<br />I think that a zero was probably missing from the description of the event he was given???!<br />The actual Place was all boarded off... <br />renovation work was going on there at the time...<br />so this is the first time I have actually seen the area...<br />I'm not fed up with these posts at all!<br />Keep 'em coming....<br />T<br />elderly Peugeots, tooLe Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.com