ParisMapNovember 15, 2001 I didn’t like Paris one bit. ![]() Although it is full of beautiful sights. ![]() In some neighbourhoods all of the signs and advertisements have to be white. ![]() You can spot the right kind of intellectual sadness in the eyes of many French people. ![]() The signs bearing street names are downright awful. ![]() But Parisian rubbish bins are delightful; they’re basically a bag on a stick. Simple, cheap, user-friendly. ![]() You can recognise tobacco kiosks and shops by what’s written in the illuminated diamond-shaped sign. ![]() The biggest mystery in Paris is the traffic lights. For some reason there’s an additional special signal behind the traffic light — a red cross that indicates that the light is red on the other side. Singularly useless information, as confirmed by the absence of such a signal in other French cities, as well as in all other countries (with the exception of Vietnam, where the Parisians introduced these red crosses when they colonised the place, as well as in Cayenne). ![]() Perhaps 10 years from now I will grow to love Paris with its little streets, pubs, baguettes, berets, accordions, and chestnuts for sale in Montmartre. However, for the time being I am repulsed by all of the above. Except croissants, obviously. ![]() |
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