A thing I took on board differently during this recent Paris visit is how much royal stuff is still very prominently visible in and around the city, even though it’s going on 150 years since the last time the formal government was a royal one. NL, by contrast, remains formally a monarchy yet somehow doesn’t center royal stuff in quite the same way. This is the Conciergerie, on Ile de la Cite, during one of my morning walks along the Seine. It’s where Marie Antoinette, amongst others, was imprisoned from arrest until trial and removal for the guillotine. Quite a bloody history this place – and Paris at large – has! So to end on a sweeter note, below, the gardens of the Palais Royal complex, to which we’ve introduced you before.
A foot bridge along the Panke River in northern Berlin, as seen after a bit of a rainstorm (note the stranded scooter washed downstream) in July. More pedestrian infrastructure! 🙂
(so much world, so little time....) 