If you love roller skating and if you come to Paris you should definitely consider joining the Sunday afternoon skate that will take you for a large tour in the streets of Paris. Up to 20 000 people can take part in it - you can imagine what effect it has on the traffic! - and it is really fun. If you are the sportive type you might as well join the Friday evening ride which is based on the same principle only ten times faster!
j'y est participé le vendredi soir lors de ma vie parisienne en 98 c'etait fort sympathique
ReplyDeleteas tu fait toi aussi du roller?
sa peux donner de beau clichés si tu prend tes sujets en plein efforts une vitesse lente pourquoi pas
je trouve ton clichés pris dans le vifs aussi cool que le minot en premier plan
J'ai fait celle du vendredi il y a quelques années - quand j'étais encore en bonne forme! - mais maintenant je ne pourrais plus, elle est trop dure.
ReplyDeleteBelle photo
ReplyDeleteNice foto, Eric. I like the composition and the persepctive.
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Nice shot!! Were you skating?
ReplyDelete20,000 people! That is great.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great transition from the riot photos. It's something I'm always amazed at in Paris how a group of people this large can actually be in the same place doing something positive. The other time it impressed me was when France won the World Cup match. There were hundreds of thousands in the streets, and no problems whatsoever.
ReplyDeleteDid Parisian consider roller blading and demonstrating at the same time?
ReplyDeleteI never knew so many people bladed in Paris! They've got the same type of thing with a following in Switzerland but of course on a much smaller scale.
ReplyDeleteWere you in fact skating when you took this picture, or just observing...?
ReplyDeleteSympa, cette photo!
ReplyDelete(I went to a party in San Francisco today and a few people there (that I never met before) asked me how the students in France were doing. They actually really care and I mean it without any sarcasm whatsoever.)
No, I was not part of the ride (I am not in the condition to do that anymore!).
ReplyDeleteTomate, the next step now is general strike apparently - I am listening to the radio at this very moment.
wow, that's a big crowd...I can skate but not with so many people around -- it won't be safe for them :p
ReplyDeleteGreat idea. Is it every weekend?
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! I'll have to take my daughter - she loves to skate!
ReplyDeleteI've only got one thing to say. Pavoirs. (cobbles)
ReplyDeleteeric, ce photo est superb! je veux habiter a paris en futur (j'espere..) et ca c'est un des unique et marveleux aspets de cette ville.....J'ADORE PARIS! (excusez mes fautes...)
ReplyDeleteTurns out I have two things to say. One, was "pavoirs" which it turns out is a word Ihave made up, and the second is "Pavés" which is what I should have said in the first place.
ReplyDeleteThe Friday night version of this took us by complete, awestruck surprize. We had found a bistro open very late on Blvd. St. Michel, at an intersection across from Luxumberg gardens and were enjoying late dining outdoors when these big trucks and an ambulance with flashing lights and these police- officer-looking people blocked off the intersection near our table. A few minutes later, gazillions and bazillions of skaters came en masse from out of nowhere and flooded past us for over 15 minutes, the sound of thousands of wheels wizzing on the pavement. It was incredible. There were some bicyclers, too. There were safety patrol people on skates with yellow shirts that had a Paris skate logo on them. They had radios and all seemed extreeemly well organized. After the last stragglers passed the intersection, the trucks and police moved on. I understand that the route is different every week. I'm glad to learn of the Sunday one from you. What fun!
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A delightful view, Eric! This put a smile on the face of Louis la Vache! Louis once took a similar picture on l'Île-Saint-Louis, though it was of a much smaller group.
ReplyDeleteL'association en charge des rando rollers du Dimanche s'appelle Rollers & Coquillages. Depart tous les dimanches place de la Bastille a 14h, pour 3 heures de fun! Site: http://www.rollers-coquillages.org
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