the rest of the walk was fun, paled in comparison however. started right by my hostel from the first day, apparently the area was quite a bit more seedy then i had realized... the walk was focused on the Canal d'ouroc (although the path wound really far away and back to it a few times) and then ended at the Parc de La Villette. Saw a few exciting Renzo Piano buildings and some fantastic converted warehouses - the neighborhood again was a little more one of immigrants and many housing projects. Not the burning ones, just highrises in town taking over a formerly industrial neighborhood. charming Russian Orthodox church on it's own little hill, oddly placed behind other buildings, access through a gate - completely different world with plants and a little plaza and near-silence. Felt like a piece of the steppe. no access to the chapel, but by peeking in a crack we saw a fresco painter at work.
was a LOT of walking, was very tired by the time we got to the park - a greek sandwich revived me much however. the Parc didn't impress me as much as it maybe should have - the large red follies didn't seem playful enough, but so it goes. the lack of crowds probably had something to do with it - felt like an abandoned six flags with the attractions reduced in scale. impression gradually changed as we walked though it - maybe it's something to visit in the spring. the sunset was gorgeous...
(this is tony's picture, my camera was being finicky with the cold... i pointed out the sunset, although the particular cloud that would have made this picture even better was missing...)
posting this on thursday (i'm finally caught up!), this morning i bought hotel-train tickets to barcelona for tomorrow until sunday :) tonight i'm going to try to get out of studio at 5 or 6 to see the Musee d'Orsay: it's open late on thursdays and is supposed to be full of Impressionist/turn of the century paintings... excited :)
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