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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 07:44 AM Original message |
Have you ever gone around the streets of Paris at Google Earth Street level? |
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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. I did it once while enjoying a handful of freedom fries. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. ask for "french fries" in France, and, outside of doing so at the local McDonalds, |
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happy_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #18 |
44. they are called chips |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Or pomme frites. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. I like, and have often adopted, Holland's condiment for fries ... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. All of Europe (and most of the world) is better than we are at developing its public spaces |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Even in historical sites. South Street Seaport in NYC, for instance. It's small, evocative and |
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Ninga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. Ah, Parisians! Their dogs snuggled at their feet while they dine on the best of the best, butter |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. What a picture you paint, I can see it, smell it and feel it under my feet. |
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Ninga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Since my youth long gone is truly lost, & having nothing left to lose I say grab that |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. if I could find a job for a few months I would,.......... |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
39. Ahh, the bread... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. The young Muslims riot for 3 months. It's nice to romanticize about European countries. |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. A Greater Truth was never uttered! |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Agree. |
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happy_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:37 AM Response to Reply #27 |
45. And the eiffel tower stinks...literally |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
4. I have never been to Paris, Cann and Nice, wounderful! |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I've been to the South of France |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. And you can spell Cannes too! I never remember, |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. No, we didn't make it there |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:48 AM Original message |
I understand, it wasn't far. I love driving in foreign countries so we did some cruising |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
35. At the risk of making an already popular place more popular - |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
6. We checked in our hotel, left our bags, and then walked Paris for 11 hours. |
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Tracer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
7. Absolutely! |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
8. And yet they can't afford to repay Haiti the 21 Billion dollars they stole |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. But a Black man or woman could walk into a resraunt in France in 1922 and not be shot |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Excellent point |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
14. It's a good way to pick hotels. |
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titoresque (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. We found wonderful flats |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
30. Try renting apartments. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
16. I've been three times. Paris has always been included in my |
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lse7581011 (948 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
20. Can Someone Please Tell Me How to Access This? |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:08 AM Response to Reply #20 |
37. Here you go |
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lse7581011 (948 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:21 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Got it! |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
22. I went to Paris for my honeymoon... |
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titoresque (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
23. I've been there twice |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
25. I've heard |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:46 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. The Reston planners made a total effort to do that |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
28. Just came back after 9 days there. |
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Loge23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
31. It's great to do without turd-hopping |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:58 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. You know, I love Amsterdam and Maastricht in the Netherlands |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Depends on the "quartier" |
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LetsgoWings13 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
32. I lost 4 pounds walking around Germany as I was eating as many different foods |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:00 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. When I was kid, I could walk to Downtown Detroit |
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LetsgoWings13 (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:05 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. In Germany you could just walk to a different city, they are that close. here they are not, so |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
38. That's just central Paris.. |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
40. I did the Google street trip through Basle. |
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happy_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. whoa, cool! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
43. I have fond memories of the week I spent there several years ago.The French know how to LIVE. |
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Ysabel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
46. yes i've gone street view all over the world where-ever it's available... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
49. Yes, I have. |
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