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I went for a walk around Paris with friends today. It didn't start off as a walk, but the closest metro station to the Dernier Bar avant la Fin du Monde is Châtelet and HAHAHA NO.

Look, we'd already braved the clusterfuck that is Châtelet/Châtelet-Les Halles/Les Halles once each, we were not getting back there if we could avoid it.

I always find it hard to explain how batshit Châtelet is, both as a metro/RER/bus station and in general. It's just so big and weird and badly signposted. If you told me there was a metro line to Hell somewhere in there, I'd just shrug and go "eh, it's Châtelet". If there were alien buses stopping there, I'd just go "eh, it's Châtelet". If I suddenly found A RANDOM ORCHESTRA down on corridor, I'd take some pictures and go "eh, it's Châtelet".

orchestra1
ORCHESTRA2


Then we found some horses just chilling near the Jardin du Luxembourg.


HORSES1
HORSES2


Here, have a picture of the outside of the Port Royal metro station while I'm at it.

PORTROYAL


It was a good walk, all in all. (Châtelet to Montparnasse, not by the fastest route -- partly on purpose, partly because we made the mistake of taking the sidestreets and got lost. We got lost circling the Luxembourg, wth.)

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Date: 2016-01-24 10:32 pm (UTC)
yhlee: Alto clef and whole note (middle C). (Andan blue rose (credit: <user name="tel)
From: [personal profile] yhlee
Random orchestra???

O.o

Thanks for the photos!

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Date: 2016-01-24 10:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_profiterole_/
we'd already braved the clusterfuck that is Châtelet/Châtelet-Les Halles/Les Halles once each
LOL On s'y habitue vite, mais c'est vrai que ça va parfois plus vite en surface.

taking the sidestreets and got lost
Classique ! Ca m'est arrivé plusieurs fois, parce qu'instinctivement, je pense que les rues se croisent à angles droits, alors que ce sont de fichus angles aigus à peu près partout.

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Date: 2016-01-25 12:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] draycevixen.livejournal.com
I like your piccies, thanks for sharing them.

It's been years since I was in Paris but it strikes me as a good city to get lost in. :D

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