Parisian Street Puppeteers & Spectacular Views

Everywhere we went in Paris, there were interesting street performers. Many of them engaged Amazing Girl Child in their acts. I wish I'd taken more photos of all the different people; I wish I'd videotaped some of them as they entertained. Yet another reason to return. I need to capture those images.

I promise to share.


And this was our view as we looked up the hill from our sixth floor apartment in the 18th Arrondissement, which we loved with every fiber of our four beings.


I vow to return.

Pedal to the Metal! Traveling in Claude Lelouch's Ferrari

Are you buckled up? I hope so. Let's go on a fabulous ride together. Turn your speakers on and prepare to zoom through Paris with French director Claude Lelouch. I am crazy about this little film, C'était un Rendezvous. It's been paired by someone with a song from one of my favorite bands, Snow Patrol. So you don't get the vroom vroom sound of the engine from the original film, but it's a tradeoff I'm willing to make. I think the song suits the video very well.

I remember the excitement of visiting Paris for the first time a few years ago. Amazing place. Maybe it's why I could so easily relate to April's yearnings in Rendezvous Road. I REALLY want to go back.

Meanwhile, I'll watch this marvelous eight minute's worth of Paris when I need a fix. The first time I saw it, I had to remember to keep breathing.

Click the photo to be taken to the youtube video:


Take a minute to check out the links at the Wikipedia site. There's some cool stuff there, including the route superimposed on a google earth type map image. Which in turn has a link to this site, which attempts to calculate the speeds the driver hit. The most incredible part of it all to me is that he supposedly didn't use special effects. According to Lelouch, this is REAL.

Um....don't try this with your own vehicle, okay? Safety first.