The most characteristic feature of the French capital, to untrained Italian eyes, is the magnitude of its boulevards and buildings; almost any building or street is wider or taller than you’d expect. My overall impression is that Paris is city that manages to stay beautiful despite the efforts to make it grey and white of its chief urbanists.
A couple of days ago, while walking in Montmartre, doing my tourist duty, I stopped at Montmartre graveyard. Honestly, I am not into celeb’s graves, but when I saw that Adolphe Sax was buried there, I had to see the grave. This man is one of the few who can be credited exclusively for the invention [...]
For those of you interested in my whereabouts, welcome to Rue Joubert:
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The way back to form Clermont-Ferrand Verona, I’m on a train this time and bound for more complication…
Reflection on bus trips, on its downsides and virtues.