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Keng in Paris 4: The old and the new Pop Pictures

Keng and Pooh are currently in Paris to visit Karn at the Cannes Residency.  Here are some excerpts from his diary.

“Karn’s apartment is in the area of town called Pigalle, which is next to Montmartre, the neighborhood made famous by the movie Amelie.  Pooh was tired from yesterday’s walking tour and decided to sleep in so I set out by myself towards Sacre Couer, the church at the top of the hill (Montmartre is actually a hill).  I got lost along the way but just followed all the other tourists.  The streets were pretty but didn’t look much like Amelie because there were just too many people.  Or maybe I should have come early in the morning.  Well, life isn’t always like the movies.”

“In the afternoon Karn and Pooh joined me for a trip out to La Defense, the business district of Paris.  When we emerged from the subway, I noticed right away that it looked different from the rest of the city.  It’s very modern.  And that’s why it’s all the way on the other side of the river.  Parisians want to keep their city looking like Amelie so they moved the entire district as far away as they could.  Merde!  Get it out of sight!  While the rest of the world strives for modernity, the French hold on to the past.  I guess they know a thing or two about nostalgia.”

~ by admin on June 30, 2011.

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