I'll let you be the judge! It really does pay to blend in when visiting other countries for many reasons.
(Disclaimer: This is posted in jest, lest I rile up one of my readers again!)
Monday, October 27, 2014
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- Virginia
- Birmingham, AL, United States
- I am a former elementary school teacher, a full-time photographer, lover of all things French ( whose French is slowly improving), obsessive Paris traveler, enthusiastic church and community volunteer, and grandmother to 5 delightful grandchildren.
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I fell in love with Paris in March 2007. It was as the French say, le coup de foudre : love at first sight. As a result of that trip, my photography took another direction. Since that time I have pursued a career of sorts in photography and dreamed of returning to the City of Light. November 2008 found me strolling the streets of Paris once again. My first visit I was so overwhelmed with the incredible beauty of the city, I photographed it as a "tourist". In 2008 I returned and I looked at the city with more of a photographer's eye. I wanted to capture the unique, the small details, and oh yes - the people! This blog was started as a photo diary of that trip, but I have been most fortunate to return to the city j'adore 15 times since. Each time I leave, I wipe a tear and start planning my list for the next trip. Paris may well be a moveable feast, but I think it's best savored in person! Someone told me that once you have been to Paris, you will leave a piece of your heart. I left mine right there, but I brought home some wonderful memories. It is my pleasure to share them with you.
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9 comments:
I'd love to blend in V but my Nikkon DSLR is a bit of a give away. On our recent trip Mrs J tried out a light, bright and compact Olympus OMD and I must say that I am very impressed with the images as well as its unobtrusiveness. Perhaps that may be the way for me to in the future too.
Le touriste, c'est celui qui a des chaussures de sport. Un vrai parisien met des souliers noirs pour aller dans une si belle pâtisserie.
I always figure the shop owners in places like this are pleased with the attention, even more so if the attention brings more business.
Personally, on my recent visit to Paris, I found the street life so crowded and hurly-burly that I doubt anyone paid the least bit of attention to what I was wearing. And it wasn't even high tourist season. Fun to go my own merry way and not have to think everyone was judging my apparel. I did, however, wear the most stylish of sneakers (by Paris standards) and blended right in as I covered many miles as a flaneur.
C'est vrai, Alain.
danke für die tollen bilder!!! liebe grüße und einen schönen montag von angie aus deutschland
I'm assuming the guy with the sneakers!
The answer is pretty obvious, I'd say (although you never know!). And why would anyone get riled up over this, whether you were in jest or dead serious??
When I travel, no one would ever guess that I am a tourist. (Not much.)
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