I heart Paris in the Springtime

Right behind Hank there is the place where Jacques de Molay was burned at the stake.

it's the gardens, the tree-lined boulevards, the cool, still evenings, the unselfconscious devotion to leisure. I want to cry!

XPOST - I used a live about a block from that statue.

http://www.laduree.fr/images_univers/univers.gif

I'll subsidize your expenses how! I'll take the explicitly British as long as I don't have to live there.

Mancunians?

i lived there for six months, and didnt speak much french. it was nice to have native english speakers around

Yes, like my forebears.

'She's not Welsh, is she?"

phil-two,

I did excatly the opposite and learned Froggish.

Place d'Italie is full of chinks/gooks/good markets and restaurants. I miss the cheap little Vietnamese places in Paris. :(

American tourists but only by a small fraction, though the better kind of British tourist is lovely. When I missed speaking English, I hung out with the Oirish 'cause they weren't as stupid and arrogant as the Americans nor as spiteful and unhappy as the English.

anyway

Well if you've been to cities but you've had enough
Have you been to Paris, France?
And if you doubt that Paris was made for love
Give Paris one more chance
The home of Piaf and Chevalier
Must have done something right to get passion this way
If you don't think Paris was made for love
Give Paris one more chance

Well now I'm calling it arrogant, calling it cruel
(Give Paris one more chance)
And also trop civilisé et mon dieu, c'est trop cool**
(Give Paris one more chance)
But if you don't think Paris was made for love
Maybe your heart needs a telegram from up above
If you don't think Paris was made for love
Well give Paris one more chance

Well now there's some things I don't like and some things I do
But give Paris one more chance
I can see why Paris would be ugly for you
But give Paris one more chance
The home of Piaf and Trennet too
Must have done something right
Must have something for you
If you don't think Paris was made for love
Give Paris one more chance

Now hear the boys singing Beegees songs under the skies
(Give Paris one more chance)
And on the steps of Montmartre they harmonise
(Give Paris one more chance)
Because if you don't think Paris was made for love
Maybe your heart needs a telegram from up above
If you don't think Paris was made for love
Give Paris one more chance

Let's wrap it up..

Well if you've been to cities but you've had enough
Have you been to Paris, France?
And if you doubt that Paris was made for love
Give Paris one more chance
The home of Piaf and Charles Aznavour
Must have done something right
And will do something more
If you don't think Paris was made for love
Give Paris one more chance
Alright
Give Paris one more chance

not cold, then?

that first picture of the Pompidou - I was like, are there floods in Springtime?

Ma belle in the Luxembourg.

This got lost above.

I lived here once.

I lived here once.

i mean ffs

Versailles oaks. They're ready. pic.twitter.com/QvE7LGUSW7

— Michael ... .-.. .- ...- .. - -.-. .... (@_theek_) April 15, 2019

Yeah, basically it seems it's "only" the roof that has to be rebuilt(and the spire obviously, but it was "recent" so not a big deal to replace).
I will go check how things look after work today (I work a few minutes away but was already home when it started to burn last night).

xxp I had not read this and have had to step away for a minute

already received spam asking for donations to rebuild

it featured the university of notre dame (in south bend, indiana) logo

go irish

Always respond to "go irish" with "thank you" bc i am awkward

I respond with "beat buckeyes" because of that one game in 96 but I get it

maybe it was a charitable fund to repair paul ryan

worst football club in the world sorry https://t.co/k7xUmhPAT7

— manutd23 (@manutd24) April 16, 2019

My brother's best friend is suffering from severe Catholic guilt because, when they were both 17, they went busking in Paris and he stole a candle from Notre Dame as a present for his mother. In a very real sense, it was that candle started this fire.

In a quick scroll through facebook this a.m. I had a great time unfollowing/unfriending ppl posting variations of the "how dare you be sad about a RELIGIOUS BUILDING when there is so much suffering in the world happening to PEOPLE" strawman. Like jfc the ashes arent even cool yet.

haha yes one of my kids' teachers took this line today in class.

I'm gonna go check out the cathedral tomorrow afternoon. my oldest visited the scene today (well, from a distance, since things are going to be blocked off for a while). she said it...looked bad

https://i.imgur.com/4SJ5SZT.jpg

I just went there. A lot of people, obviously, especially since some parts are closed.
Frankly, from the front it’s as if nothing happened and from the other sides, if you try to think the roof is under construction... or is flat (!) well, the rest looks in good shape.
We’ve been lucky in a way.

lol I went to look at the smoldering pentagon on 9/12, I was 12, why did we do that

those aren't oak trees in that tweet

yeah it was deleted

My brother's best friend is suffering from severe Catholic guilt because, when they were both 17, they went busking in Paris and he stole a candle from Notre Dame as a present for his mother. In a very real sense, it was that candle started this fire.

I once jumped like two hours' worth of queue at the Vatican so I hope they've got their insurance in order.

Sorry, didn’t mean to shit on an uplifting Tweet. I thought it was kinda funny trying pawn those slender delicate trees off as hearty oaks.

I walked by the cathedral a little bit ago and it looks less different than I’d expected. Just missing the roof really. It might look weirder from the back but I was too lazy to go that far.

Which is to say: it doesn’t look burned.

lol yes i shd probably have double-checked as i already know i am a massive nitwit when it comes to identifying trees (lol my dad was a professional botanist, i just left such tasks to him) and i even very briefly paused to think "are those oaks? versailles oaks it says here legit i guess" *MASH SUBMIT BUTTON*

the long-game prepping of trees for use in buildings *is* something (some) architects are well aware of so it's not entirely implausible