I actually teared up looking at some of these photos. This would be the part of Paris that would be hard for me to leave, the street scenes and the delightfully charming neighborhoods. For some reason, looking at these I am reminded of Boston, which is near and dear to my heart. ~WaterGirl
Steve from Mendocino
I was married for 15 years to a French Basque woman. She was a school teacher, and she’d visit family for a month or two every summer. I made a point of negotiating a leave of absence of a month as a precondition of my accepting any job, and I would join her during that period, mostly in the Basque country but also in Paris as well as a bit of travel.
For the purpose of Paris week, I’ve decided to concentrate mostly on the look and feel of the city as opposed to portraits of monuments, which I suspect will be amply represented in other posts.
Dates are split between the early 70’s, and a 6-week trip I took with my daughter right after her 13th birthday (as a bribe to compensate her for one final year of home schooling before dropping into 9th grade public school).
My travel photos are mostly catch as catch can, shot on Kodachrome, which I don’t like, scanned badly and then rendered as impressionistic sketches that provide me with a window on my memories.
I’m starting with this picture taken at the base of Montmartre because it so effectively illustrates the urgency and vitality of the city along with the shops and greenery that are so much a part of the Paris experience.
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