I walked down the streets I used to walk everyday to go to school – Read “Il faut se mefier des mots” on the familiar building thinking – how many times before had I walked by these words and read them out loud in my head as a teenager? They made sense then, they make sense now, nothing has changed.
Stopped for lunch in Lao Siam for the usual coco rice noodles, boeuf séché and salads…nothing has changed.
Nothing lasts, there are no certainties, we grow to accept that but it is so refreshing when little details remain unchanged.
This picture below is a view of Belleville in 1740…Paris looked like a village then and Belleville pure countryside!
It can be seen in Musée Carnavalet.
sylvied, June 1st 2009 |
Posted in Belleville, paris
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The last Klapisch Paris is out in the cinemas I went to see it last night. I was really looking forward to it, I have been a big fan of Klapich over the years. For a reason or another his films always seem to hit home somewhere and talk to me. The story line evolves around interesting characters the Klapisch way. A very good mix of cringing, admirable, quirky and everyday people. There is always a character one can identify with. Questions and answers to life that we all come to ask ourselves at some stage.
A lot of the film was filmed in Belleville and the 20th arrondissement of Paris which was an added bonus as I kept thinking…”Oh that’s the Chinese I walked passed every day for 5 years or I had a cafe in that very same place “
sylvied, March 5th 2008 |
Tags: Klapisch, paris
Posted in Klapisch, Uncategorized, paris
I escaped a few days over the week-end to my home town Paris. I love this city and never spend long enough to my liking. The minute we get off the TGV everything turns into a carefully timed operation: so many places to be so many people to visit! Everything gets squeezed in, the long awaited noodle dish in my favorite Thai in Belleville, aperitifs and cafes left right and center, shopping, culture (well that did not really happen although there was a dancing show going on at some stage in Le Louvre and I did have the luxury to browse books for nearly 1 hour in Virgin)…it has to fit all in!!!
I came back Sunday, exhausted but bathing in a happy glow, my head full of these little glimpses of people I love to be with, tastes I can never forget and thrills that make life so precious.
sylvied, February 26th 2008 |
Tags: paris
Posted in Belleville, paris
