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I'm in Paris but All You're Going to Get is a Lousy T-Shirt

Tales of an ugly American abroad. Declaration of Principles: 1. No photos of the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, or any other over-photographed tourist destination. 2. No vexed frustration that people don't speak English. 3. No yummering about socialist nanny statism.

Monday, November 26, 2007

Home Thoughts, From Abroad (After Robert Browning)



Music: Finale from Chopin's 2nd Sonata in B flat minor, Maurizio Pollini, pianist.

ETA: Rats. The still image that appears on the closing chord (and in this Bloggerized version, immediately vanishes) is of the receipt showing that it is from the Starbucks in the Louvre:

Posted by Scissors MacGillicutty at 12:17 AM

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      • ...and Despite This, They Don't Hate Americans
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      • Place de la Concorde
      • Two Things About the Paris Subway
      • More Saint Cloud
      • Welcome to Saint Cloud! Now Go Away.
      • Mandatory Cliched Sunset Photograph
      • Random Thought
      • Construction Near the Ministry of Defense
      • ...and Despite This, They Don't Hate Americans
      • I Just Got Here

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