28 April 2006
Now that sprinf is upon us, I wonder if there will be concerts in this bandshell on the covered portion of the Canal St Martin
28 April 2006
The planters on the covered portion of the Canal St Martin were filled with blooming flowers
28 April 2006
On the covered portion of the Canal St Martin, different planets had different kinds of flowers blooming
28 April 2006
It was a lovely spring day on the covered portion of the Canal St Martin
28 April 2006
At Bastille, there was a small manif of a collective of "sans papiers" (literally "without papers" it means "undocumented immigrants").
They were sining a song. I couldn't understand the words at all, even a tiny bit, but I suspect it was in French. I did make out the phrase "sans papiers"
28 April 2006
«11e collectif des sans papiers»
"11th (addondissement) collective of undocumented workers"
There were protesters at Bastille who hung up a couple of banners and sang songs.
28 April 2006
A small collective of undocumented workers protests by Bastille.
To point out some cultural differences between France and the US, there were no visible cops around. At all. If the cops had shown up in force and had arrested people for being undocumented, there would be a huge public outcry because everyone has the RIGHT to protest and the general public would be outraged if undocumented workers were arrested while exercising their human rights.
Some of them seemed unhappy that I had taken this picture, but as nobody is identifiable in this photo, I'm going to post it.
29 April 2006
Think I'll go for a bike ride!
Oops, it's the weekly giant protest at Republique.
This week's item: sans-papiers
29 April 2006
Oodles and oodles of people showed up to protest for the rights of undocummented immigrants/
29 April 2006
We rode out to the woods: the Bois de Vincennes.
Well, they call it the woods. Maybe for historical reasons.
29 April 2006
There was a lovely lake in the Bois de Vincennes called Lac Daumesnil. We rented a rowboat and went out on it.
29 April 2006
There was also a giant carnival in the "woods." (Bois de Vincennes)
Visually and sonically, American and French carnivals are indistinguishable from a distance.
29 April 2006
Rawr! I rowed the row boat around.
29 April 2006
Row, row row your boat
29 April 2006
Rowing around
29 April 2006
Rowing around
29 April 2006
Rowing around
29 April 2006
Rowing around
29 April 2006
Look out for that tree!
29 April 2006
Rowing around
Hey, watch out for that tree!
29 April 2006
Rowing around
Getting close to nature
29 April 2006
Rowing around
29 April 2006
Rowing around
It's a good spot to get your wedding photos taken
29 April 2006
Rowing around
A grotto
29 April 2006
There was a guy inside this bus stop by Bastille on a hunger strike. It was 44 days. His health was going bad. He was protesting about the conditions of the homeless. I have no idea what's going on with him now, but he is probably not still on hunger strike.
29 April 2006
For more information about the hunger striker (is he still alive, even?), see www.clocheman.com
