So once again the Exodus happened during the first days of August and it’s a pleasure to explore Paris and the surrounding areas (except for the tourist attractions of course) with hardly anyone around.
Walking through the streets of Saint-Cloud in the middle of the day is like walking around a ghost town.
Shops are closed, there isn’t a single bakery open until the last week of August, and if you get sick and need a doctor, well - don’t. Need a pharmacy for medicine - too bad. Everyone is on holiday until the rentrée!
Is it any wonder that even the hotel in Saint-Cloud is closed? Afterall, why stay open when there isn’t anyone around?
The Parc de Saint-Cloud with its 460 hectares (a little more than 1136 acres) is considered one of the most beautiful gardens in all of Europe, but there’s almost no one to be seen on such a beautiful day.
The only two guys around!
From the Porte Maillot to the Arc de Triomphe, from the Eiffel Tower to the Tour Montparnasse, with the Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre in the distance, Paris and the Seine spread out before you in a bird’s eye view from the park.
Where is everybody?
Not even water in the fountain.
Maya Muses: We did find a Chinese restaurant open for business.
Hark! We see lights down below!
No surprise, business was booming! Well, you know what I mean!
Photo Credits: Personal Photos
10 responses so far ↓
1 Coralie // Aug 15, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Hélas, I know where everyone went to, they are here on the beaches in southern France.
2 Lynn // Aug 16, 2011 at 5:58 am
LOL! I know, it makes it hard for a nice romantic walk on the beach with no one else around.
3 Coralie // Aug 16, 2011 at 5:59 pm
Walk? Who can walk, it’s standing room only!
4 Lynn // Aug 18, 2011 at 7:53 pm
Hang in there, Coralie! It won’t be long before everyone will be gone and Paris will be crowded once again!
5 Harriet // Aug 18, 2011 at 8:04 pm
Is the restaurant where Patrick works also closed? If so, more time to make you some scrumptious meals at home….that is, if the grocery stores are open!
6 Lynn // Aug 19, 2011 at 6:30 pm
Hi Harriet, Patrick has plenty of time to cook for me most nights so I’m happy! And yes, our grocery store (which is right across the street from our apartment - so convenient) has stayed open! I’ll tell you more in an email! I hope you and Richard are doing well.
7 Patrick // Aug 22, 2011 at 10:57 am
I love the life in Paris in Summer time. Just avoid the touristy places. In less than 2 weeks the Parisans will be back. It will be time for me to go in Normandy to visit my family. Hopefully the weather will be nice ( We had a bad summer).
I can’t wait to be spoiled by my mom. Precious time that I missed for 30 years.
8 Lynn // Aug 22, 2011 at 12:59 pm
And time for me to relax at home and maybe hang out with some friends! I like that!!!
9 Tina // Sep 1, 2011 at 3:08 am
You should have seen Madrid a about 3 weeks ago. blimey, especially in Madrid city centre, a mixture of rioters, pilgrims and police, you could barely move!
i’m back on here for a while! hugs
10 Lynn // Sep 1, 2011 at 8:40 am
Glad to see you back! Are you still blogging? I’ll have to pop over and visit! (Isn’t that just the usual crowd at the Puerta del Sol on a Saturday night? LOL!)
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