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Entries in world cities (5)

Monday
Jun202011

Paris Rooftops

Paris rooftops, from the St. Michele area

The city of Paris as the world knows it today was fashioned and made with the sanction of the emperor Napoleon III, and the genius and determination of Baron Haussmann. Now in the republic, who can say you may build high in Paris? You cannot build tall in this city, so you cannot challenge its Eiffel Tower from any direction.

Sunday
Jun192011

Parisian Tuk-Tuks

Tuk-Tuks at the Jardin des Tuileries

The best they could do in Bangalore was to have them painted green. I like these better.

Sunday
Jun192011

Jardin des Tuileries

Jardin des TuileriesOn Sunday morning.

Friday
Jun032011

Sidestreet, Shanthinagar

Sidestreet, ShanthinagarThe faces are different in Shanthinagar where the streets still have English names: Berlie Street, Curley Street, Eagles Street, Wellington Street, Alexandria Street, Walker Lane, Norris Road, Prime Street, Serpentine Street, and behind long Langford Road, Moyen Ville Street, which name I must find out comes from where.

Faces from the North East and the North West and from far beyond. Lovely faces from Tibet. Faces of recent immigrants and faces of the long immigrated whose faces have never changed.

Dear detached faces, did you find a good enough welcome in Bangalore.

Tuesday
May312011

View from my hotel room, Istanbul

 

View from my room in Ceylan Intercontinental, IstanbulThis is a photo from last year, of the view from my room in Ceylan Intercontinental. Istanbul is settled in my heart but it is not in my business circuit. I have not seen a more breathtaking place, and I am thinking how I can make it a part of my life.