Canal St. Martin
On Sunday we took K to explore with us another part of the city, the St. Martin canal. We walked it from the Place de la Republique to le Parc de la Villette at the edge of the city (partial map, here). Being the first really nice weekend, there were plenty of people strolling with us, roller-blading, walking dogs and kicking balls.
My expectations, set by historic photographs and paintings, were for a verdant scene, with green banks and tall trees. In fact, there were multi-story buildings (of recent vintage) quite close to the sides, and in many places the area for walking was relatively narrow. My picture above contributes to the media misprepresentation by making it look more bucolic than it is. It was an interesting exploration, but not quite the walk in the park I thought it would be.
posted 24.4.06
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