We spent some time in Paris during late December. Here are some photos and thoughts. I'm thankful to have been able to see the snows of Paris, experiencing a winter true and unlike the climate of California.
"If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast. "
Ernest Hemingway
The Seine river
Her cold surface reflects the city's inhabitants
Through the crowded and narrow streets
At the river's brisk pace
The Parisians flow through the crooked
Bending city streets
The slumbering passengers making their way to work
Stare idly as the Seine passes
Weary eyed travelers lean on light posts
Weighted legs under tattered travel packs
They gaze
Looking far away
Eyes return to the map
They strain themselves in making the theoretic the actual
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