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Hi Chrystel,

nice to meet you! Your story about shop windows is interesting. I quite agree with you that in a modern society there is a whole industry which makes people not think but seek for entertainments. I mean that a great number of people stopped to read good books. At best they read pulp fiction. The same thing is with movies. The most popular are those where you don’t need think at all. I haven’t got my own children but as a teacher I worry about my pupils and about the young in general. How can we withstand the strong impact of pop culture?

Looking at the photo of elevated railway I recollected my knowledge about French trains. I heard that it’s organized very comfortably to convey people from suburbs to Paris. I guess that in France the commuting is more affordable, at a reasonable price. Alas, I can’t say the same about Russia. If I want to visit my friends who live 120 km from me I have to spend a great deal of money ‘cause the price of train tickets is extortionately expensive.

Wish you a nice party for your sons!
Tatiana from Russia

Hi Chrystel
Here are some words come in my mind when I hear the word 'Paris’: Eiffel Tower, Champs elysees, Moulen rouge, Chanel, Pierre Richard, Montmartre, impressionism. It is nice that you decided to show the pictures of ‘another Paris’, Paris we can never see in any tourist booklet, where we obviously can’t to be traveling with a tourist group. It is especially good because cliché interfere to take pleasure of beauty of Paris. The objects like Eiffel Tower, Champs elysees, Moulen rouge become the something as logotype of France. To say ‘I had visited a France and seen Eiffel tower’, in substance, is the same 'I saw a logotype of Coca-Cola in a fast-food’. It is a consequence of multiple replicating in our mind. You most make an effort to see real beauty of stereotyped objects.
Victor
Russia

Hi Chrystel,

Your post is interesting and I particularly like the idea of sitting in the open air to watch a movie. I have never had such an experience but I would love to experience it in the future - hopefully when I visit France next time. I was in Paris a couple of months ago and really enjoyed my trip. As my stay in Paris was only for a short time I was only able to visit a few places. I would love to visit France again and explore all the places there. This time, I will have to make sure to stay there for a longer period.

All the other pictures were also interesting and it is nice to know how you celebrate Christmas there. Looking forward to your next post.

Take care

Varisha

Hi Chrystel,

You did promote Paris as an interesting place to visit. I'm sure that there are many things more you can tell us about Paris and the people there. It's nice to know about the special thing from famous city like Paris. Au revoir!

Hi,
As I earlier mentioned Paris made on me overwhelming impression, but it is difficult to say about it staying there only a couple of days... To my mind if I would be in this city at least one year I could to say something more.... I agree with you that nowadays everybody wants to be famous, regardless of whether has some talent.. It is simply "the pressure on the glass"( something like that....). To be honest I don't understand such behaviour. Sometimes I feel embarrassed when I watch such starlets on television.
The companies rather don't organise any christmas tree for the children in Poland. It was the custom in communist regime, now usually we have the Christmas Eve meeting inside or when the company is richer outside eg. in the pub, where everyone gets gifts certificate, of course as well depending on company wealth..... Kids have their feast at schools, kindergartens. Really very seldom companies prepare packs (sweets) for children of their workers.

Best regards,
Maja from Poland

Hi Chrystel,
Your photos are very interesting!What a breath-taking view you can see on them!As more I read your blog as much I love Paris!

Hi Chrystel

thanks for nice blog.
So far I have't been to France. But I entirely agree with Maja.Sociologists naming nowadays as "century of fools".. We live in big rush, children and adults are being manipulated by TV. I think that most people lost their own instinct..People can't think themself. It seems to me Orwell's 1984 where Big Brother has control under society. it is sad but look around you my friends. Our live has changed..Crisis in families relationship , friendships, economical crisis etc.