Thursday, September 11, 2014

Paris bench

There are exactly 8,481 benches in Paris (who counted them?!), that is roughly 1 for 260 people, which is not too bad considering the average Parisian does not really have the time to sit in them, during a normal day. I photographed this one in the avenue Foch, once called l'avenue du bois (woods avenue) for it leads to the Bois de Boulogne. Not much to say; I just like the looks of Paris benches!

4 comments:

  1. Now you've got more than one person, no doubt, wondering how many benches are in their home cities.

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  2. If each bench can accommodate four people, there is a seat on a park bench for about 15% of the population. Not bad. -Jeff

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  3. It reminded me of a nice French song, Mistral gagnant : Ah... m'asseoir sur un banc cinq minutes avec toi et regarder les gens tant qu'y en a Te parler du bon temps qu'est mort qui r'vient pas en serrant dans ma main tes p'tits doigts ........... et les mistrals gagnants
    I don't think it is sad, it is just a beautiful song (a nice text from a father to his daughter). As soon as I hear the ten first words, I melt. Yes,some songs have the most beautiful power on lives. And it is obvious that it concerns far more songs than Mistral gagnant even if this one is quite special. I recently revisited some songs that deeply moved me. Life should be only music and dance... Anyway, I wish you a wonderful Mistral gagnant for Mistral is the name of a warm Wind in the South of France.

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  4. And it reminds me of that other song, sung by Georges Brassens: "Les amoureux qui se bécotent sur les bancs publiques . . ." But you probably wouldn't see that in this upscale neighborhood. :~}

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