{"id":1360,"date":"2014-07-28T08:08:09","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T15:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talkinggrid.com\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2014-07-28T08:16:39","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T15:16:39","slug":"first-steps-walking-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/talkinggrid.com\/dev\/first-steps-walking-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Steps: Walking in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_8843\"<\/a>After our first Parisian Cafe Lunch, we walked. All over the world, walking is NATURAL! Walking is FUN! I love walking, on sidewalks, in Paris, in New York, and\u00a0London. \u00a0Frau Kolb walks everywhere. \u00a0We hit the streets, for a few hours, of neighborhood window shopping and mental preparation for THE MAIN EVENT!!!<\/p>\n

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Yes, I admit it. Frau Kolb has an agenda. Frau Kolb is on a special mission in Paris. Frau Kolb has flown across the United States of America and The Atlantic Ocean to see HER, The MUSE. Well, there are three embodiments of femininity that are now associated forever to Paris in Frau Kolb\u2019s mind. The first is La Tour, the Eiffel Tower. She is beautiful, beyond belief. A perfect structure, calling out to visitors from every corner of the round planet, she beckons and they come in droves and have for well over a hundred years! \u00a0She is entirely delightful, worth every effort and amazing, as a source of pride and a point from which one can see all Paris from her busy heights. \u00a0She offers the best perspective over Paris. \u00a0Presenting the entire city for eager eyes to take in. \u00a0But one can never forget the fleeting, shifting, ever-changing glamour and thrill which is being high up, over Paris. \u00a0What a perfect structure! \u00a0Absolutely, my favorite tourist attraction, in the world.<\/p>\n

The Mona Lisa, queen of the Italian Wing in the Louvre Museum<\/a>, Paris. \u00a0She is, after all, the attributed work of all-time-genius Leonard de Vinci<\/a>, the time-traveling Master of Scientific Creativity in Art. She, too, like the tower, pulls in visitors, cameras clicking, maniac desperation for a glimpse of her famously enigmatic smile, grips the public. (I pay homage to Mona\u2019s marvelous appeal in coming posts… and pending pages. You must only return to Talkinggrid to witness the coverage of La Giaconda\u2019s madding appeal.)<\/p>\n

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Paris’s Italian Draw, at the Louvre, behind glass…Tourist hordes & Frau Kolb pay paparazzi homage.\u00a0However, in the words of the one and only chief, living MUSE of Talkinggrid, Ms. Crane \u201cFuck the Mona Lisa!\u201d What a refreshing position! \u00a0This option had not occurred to me! Talkinggrid’s Instant Expert on all things Paris, Ms. Crane was brimming insight into the necessity of avoiding the hordes, the “selfie girls,” among the ravaging armies of tourists coming from ALL OVER THE WORLD to snap a picture of her little tight lipped, butter won\u2019t melt, is-it–smirk (?), FAMOUS smile. According to Ms. Crane, \u201cShe\u2019s not worth it.\u201d \u00a0She is rather, “small.” \u00a0Mona is closely guarded and behind glass. \u00a0This painting is the ultimate untouchable object. \u00a0(Who can resist?)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ms. Crane in Paris.<\/strong> \u00a0What could be better? \u00a0Now, Frau Kolb had a real reason to rush, to arrive, to be in Paris. \u00a0Her glowing presence, more important to me than the mystery of the Mona Lisa’s smile or the breathtaking sparkle of the Eiffel Tower. \u00a0Muse Crane’s unique radiance, fuels Frau Kolb urgency to visit Paris in July 2014, for the first time, and not sooner or later. \u00a0One simply must see the most beautiful living MUSE ever known, in the city most famous for its beauty. \u00a0It had to happen. There was no choice. Ms. Crane\u2019s pull is so strong. \u00a0Her soul, her AMERICAN sense of FREEDOM, is so beautiful, one would gladly fly across the ocean to witness her bloom in the ancient center that is Paris, France and listen to her thoughts on life, love, and business in this magnificent city. \u00a0Wise beyond her years, Ms. Crane, inspires thought, action, and admiration wherever she goes. \u00a0Thus, Frau Kolb follows the Muse, wherever she may frolic.<\/p>\n

As we walked around, performing a quick inspection on the pretty surface of marvelous, manicured, Paris, taking our first steps and photographs to share, Frau Kolb was anticipating the pleasure of communing with THE MUSE in her new perch, Paris, a worthy pedestal for Ms. Crane’s \u00a0world class appeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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