Thursday, August 26, 2010

Some Meditations on Being in an Unfamiliar Place (An Occasional Series)



The great thing about being a tourist is being able to unashamedly not know everyday stuff – like which way you are going, what someone is saying to you, where the bus stop is, how to use a ticket machine, how to walk in a straight line from A to B, why it might be dangerous to jump on and off the bus as the doors open and close in order to take photos of the Eiffel Tower etc.

The beauty of it is that when you don’t know stuff, you really have to pay attention and look instead.


Here are some of the things I looked at today in and around the Marais. (By the way, it wasn’t me jumping on and off the bus).

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