Hamartia Antidote
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Grumpy old man vacation review/update
Paris
So not to throw too much “shade” at Rome…but my first impressions are that Paris is much nicer visually.
First off we got in the taxi at the CDG airport (which has a bizarre gate design with “tunnels” stretching at least twice as far as elsewhere leading to a “no man’s land” in the terminal. I’m guessing they must use two: one for getting on which goes through the boarding area and the other goes directly to the carousels) and happily our elbows weren’t in each others faces in the cab (ok Rome is not THAT bad but you get the picture). I even told that to the cabbie and he laughed.
So I also think Rome gets far less rain because the trees there don’t look happy or healthy. Paris has deep green thicker trees. Far less bars over 1st floor windows too. Makes a huge difference in the landscape viewing.
I know France is anti-English encroachment so the taxis are on radio stations playing about 50% English songs vs 99% in Rome.
Still sadly the graffiti is just as bad as Rome (can’t blame the usual fallguy demographics in the US I guess) and all the streets/sidewalks need a power wash.
Not sure of the population density but there are far more people walking the streets of Paris than Rome.
Tomorrow the exploring begins…
PS wow if Rome was 5 gallon flush toilets Paris must have 7. I always thought Europe was supposedly more environmentally friendly than the US. Seems they missed the memo saying “oh please conserve water to save the environment…will somebody please think of the children…think of the children!” and now we in the US are stuck in anemic land of low flush toilets and aerated faucets.
Paris
So not to throw too much “shade” at Rome…but my first impressions are that Paris is much nicer visually.
First off we got in the taxi at the CDG airport (which has a bizarre gate design with “tunnels” stretching at least twice as far as elsewhere leading to a “no man’s land” in the terminal. I’m guessing they must use two: one for getting on which goes through the boarding area and the other goes directly to the carousels) and happily our elbows weren’t in each others faces in the cab (ok Rome is not THAT bad but you get the picture). I even told that to the cabbie and he laughed.
So I also think Rome gets far less rain because the trees there don’t look happy or healthy. Paris has deep green thicker trees. Far less bars over 1st floor windows too. Makes a huge difference in the landscape viewing.
I know France is anti-English encroachment so the taxis are on radio stations playing about 50% English songs vs 99% in Rome.
Still sadly the graffiti is just as bad as Rome (can’t blame the usual fallguy demographics in the US I guess) and all the streets/sidewalks need a power wash.
Not sure of the population density but there are far more people walking the streets of Paris than Rome.
Tomorrow the exploring begins…
PS wow if Rome was 5 gallon flush toilets Paris must have 7. I always thought Europe was supposedly more environmentally friendly than the US. Seems they missed the memo saying “oh please conserve water to save the environment…will somebody please think of the children…think of the children!” and now we in the US are stuck in anemic land of low flush toilets and aerated faucets.
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