Those of you who already attended a PDP picnic will probably recognize this place. Only, if I were to organize/organise(!) such a picnic at the moment, I would probably need to rent a boat LOL. As you guessed, the Seine is currently overflowing and it's quite impressive (between the garbage bags there are normally benches!) and beautiful too. The voies sur berges, that is the urban motorway than runs along the Seine is closed of course, so that there are massive traffic jams. But life goes on, it's still not the "big one" and nothing like the 1910 floods.
Wow, that is a lot of water. No pick-nick just yet then.
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing and I have many photos taken of/from this vantage point just below Pont des Arts.
ReplyDeleteI guess the picnic would have to become pique-nique moquette.
Bises,
Genie
Yep! There were many other types of liquids at the picnic... ;-)
ReplyDeleteoh to remember those lovely summer days...here in Connecticut we are waiting for a "big one" - a blizzard with snow being measured more in feet than inches!
ReplyDeleteGoodness so we both have floods. That looks quite bad! Shame about the picnic... ;(
ReplyDeleteGoodness so we both have floods. That looks quite bad! Shame about the picnic... ;(
ReplyDeleteWow, flooding in Paris, too. The weather seems to be "over the top" lately in many parts of the world.
ReplyDeleteI was just looking at this spot on Google Map street view. I didn't know it was flooding this year. Well, it will be dry by late April or early May, when we'll have the nest picnic, right?
ReplyDeleteAhem,....right?
Is this microphone on?
I guess I am out of the loop ....what has caused the floods?
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, Jeff, I am looking forward to the picnic!!
And no, I am not looking forward to the blizzard in NY tomorrow, especially since My work trip was cancelled.
@Jeff "Well, it will be dry by late April or early May, when we'll have the nest picnic, right?" Yessssssssss!
ReplyDelete@PHX. "what has caused the floods?" Don't know really, but it's usual at this time of the year.
wow; I never realised and I'm living right outside Paris....
ReplyDeleteC'est impressionnant, quand-même.
Thanks for showing us this unusual sight! We once had to change an outdoor Pique Nique on the spot to an indoor one and we all sat on a rug on the dining room floor, in our walking shoes, unpacking our rucksacks and having absolutely a ball.... :)))))
Ok, merci, Eric! I just wanted to emphasize it so people can plan their holiday trip to Paris. And yes, Thib, the wine will flow!
ReplyDeleteThis photo shocked me a little when I first saw it. The water level must be...almost three meters above normal? Wow. Like aqua alta in Venice.
Eric - ton anglais !
ReplyDelete"if I were to organise...."
Chapeau!
I'll lend you my snorkel and flippers!
ReplyDeleteOde to vf:
ReplyDeleteOrganize or organise,
Potato or potahto,
Picnic or picnique,
Umbrella or bumbershoot.
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
Water, agua, l'eau: all wet your feet.
Attend the picnic and we'll toast with wine,
Then argue for best spelling, yours or mine.
LOL vf and Jeff. It's not easy for me picking the words and grammar that will suit both sides of the Atlantic!
ReplyDelete@Lynn "Goodness so we both have floods. That looks quite bad! Shame about the picnic... ;(" Yes I saw your photo too. For once the Brits and the French are on the same page! That can't be right ;-))
WOW!!!! Thank you so much for bringing that perspective -- those are high waters.
ReplyDeleteBlimey! That's a lot of river! It never ceases to amaze me how different our weather is. We're 'dry as a bone' here right now and in the 40C's for the next four days.
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