Tuesday, August 22, 2006

What goes up, must come down


I never realised until I started taking photos for this blog that we are actually quite attached to ferris wheels, we Parisians. Unlike the one I showed you here, this one is assembled for the summer and sits on the rue de Rivoli, not far from le Louvre museum.

Note: I am currently on vacation at the moment and I will be back on August 27. I can read your comments, but will not be able to reply until I return, thank you.

29 comments:

  1. Or.. what goes around comes around? ;) I sure am glad they moved it out of Place de la Concorde. I'm sure the view was great from there, but it was ...ahem... esthaetically incorrect to put it there and I'm guessing Baron Haussman who designed all the main thoroughfares in Paris (I think ?) must have rolled over in his grave when they did.

    Er.. where is everybody?

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  2. I'm here, I'm here Tomate!

    I'm so used to seeiıng these ferris wheels in Paris now that it doesn't even phase me anymore, but guess it is a bit unusual to have one in the middle of a big city such as Paris. It's hard to tell from the photo Eric, but the seats all look a bit empty.

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  3. I didn't know Parisians had a "thing" for ferris wheels...Kidding.
    I climbed La Grande Roue in february, some years ago, but the weather was very cloudy, so I dind't see much...
    I hope to try again soon...
    I also didn't know they removed La Grande Roue and installed it on winters.

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  4. I don't usually see round ones. We seem to have "buckets" to sit in. This is a fun picture

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  5. Nice angle Eric. Love a good ferris wheel. We Melbournians may be having a huge one built like the Big Eye in London in our Docklands area soon. I will of course post pics of it when ( and if ) it goes ahead.

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  6. je ne m'étais pas aperçu qu'il faisait si beau à Paris aujourd'hui...

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  7. You could not pay me enough to go on this thing - I am deadly afraid of heights.

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  8. I like the design of this wheel. They usually have benches that rock and I feel like I might fall.

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  9. Hi great boss: :)

    That law of gravity is also a law of life. Humility is a good medicine for the moments whe feel so high and invincible.

    Greetings from Perú

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  10. This is a pretty Ferris wheel. Mushroom cars.

    Just got back from holiday myself, so I missed the past few PDP. Visited Tomate's great city of San Francisco, but we didn't meet except on the phone. That was fun, though, and at least we connected. As illustrated by Eric's photo, life is a carnival, two bits a shot.

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  11. Hi Eric, are you having fun? I bet you are and have you found the blogger for turkeycityDP yet?? hehe...

    Michael, remember Puff your old friend, he's at Bob's BarcelonaDP now!

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  12. Well said, irredento urbanita!

    Yeah, Jeff, sorry about that. Let's try again another time :)

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  13. What goes up must come down. Spinning wheel got to go round.

    I love ferris wheels. This one looks neat. I haven't seen these types of cars before.

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  14. To finish metaphysicalmama's thought:

    What goes up
    Must come down
    Spinning wheel
    Got to go around
    Talkin' 'bout your troubles
    It's a cryin' sin
    Ride a painted pony
    Let the spinning wheel spin

    You got no money
    You got no home
    Spinning wheel
    All alone
    Talkin' 'bout your troubles and you
    You never learn
    Ride a painted pony
    Let the spinning wheel turn

    Did you find
    Your directing sign
    On the straight and narrow highway

    Would you mind a reflecting sign
    Just let it shine
    Within your mind
    And show you, the colors
    That are real

    Someone's waiting
    Just for you
    Spinning wheel
    Spinning true
    Drop all your troubles by the riverside
    Ride a painted pony
    Let the spinning wheel fly

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  15. Wow, thanks for the lyrics, Michael. I now have David Clayton Thomas singing it in my brain. . .
    So many large cities seem to have these. John mentions Melbourne considering one. You've shown those in Paris, Ham has shown London's, Bob and Carlos have pictured one on Barcelona. I'm sure Seattle has one at Seattle Center, but it must be small as I haven't taken notice of it. Perhaps it is a nice way to gain a safe view of city scenes from the air?
    -Kim

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  16. Lisi, Bob is back?
    Thank you for mentioning it. I've missed his posts so much. I'm going over there right now! Is his address back on the wiki? I haven't been receiving all the update notices for some reason.
    -Kim

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  17. Well sheesh, Jeff. I'm in San Francisco, too, ya know?!

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  18. Why Buzzgirl, did you get a makeover or something?! Cool pic ... er.. cute picture! ;)

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  19. I'm deadly afrad of heights too. But that's exactly why I go to great heights ever chance I get. Therapy of sorts. Partailly the same thing for tattoos and piercings. I'm very afraid of needles and pain too. Thus I've been tattooed 7 times and pierced 6 times thus far.

    Beaufitul picture, Eric. Hope you're having a good time on your vacation!

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  20. Hmmm... I'm definitely afraid of tatoos and piercings!

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  21. I'm afraid of tatoos and piercings too, unless they're on someone else!

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  22. It's true what they say, at least for me. Tattoos and piercings are very addictive.

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  23. So the big question is of course, WHERE? WHERE?

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  24. Sorry, Michael! I've been so busy lately, I must have missed this one. You dirty old man, you! (j/k, of course.) My first piercing was my tongue. I was still living "under my father's roof" and thus he got pissed and made me take it out even though I was 18 at the time. So then I went to tattoos that he couldn't see until I moved out. Most of my tattoos are on my back. One is dedicated to my mother, who died in '99. One is my own version of my zodiac symbol (gemini). I have my husband's name on my arm and I plan on integrating my son's name too with some sort of cool family oriented design someday. When I went back to piercings I got my tongue repierced, then I got my nipple done, which got rejected by my body despite how good I took care of it, and then I got my eyebrow, labret, and nostril done. I'm thinking about getting something else done soon, but I'm not sure what right now.

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  25. Wow, I'm cringing just thinking about all of that. Okay, I give up, what's a labret?

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  26. Sorry Eric, this has nothing to do with your post, but isn't this interesting!! ;-)

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  27. Labret is often mistaken for a lip piercing. It's the area in between your lower lip and your chin. I hope that's a good description. It should give you a fairly accurate idea, anyways.

    And yeah, I'm sorry too, Eric. I blam it on Michael, since he wanted to know! In fact...*point a finger at Michael and whines like a 5 year old* It's all Michael's fault! He started it!!!!!!

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