TWO THINGS TO MAKE YOU A PARISIAN
B y G e o r g e M u y i N i e
G E O R G E G O E S T O P A R I S !
For me , the most important thing that I have realized about the whole scope of the city projects throughout the 17th century , is the extent to which Paris has been conceived as a walking city .
Paris . A city designed for pedestrians . A city designed to help people get outside , walk , appreciate the city , and to enjoy the city to its fullest . Or put it another way , it is rather impressive for people to realize that the city planner designed the ‘ City of Light ’ with the human scale in mind . You would be amazed to know the fact that the concept of a walking city has been around since the 17th century , and you would also be amazed by how the words constantly said by Henry IV and Louis XIV , “ We want people to have a place to go . We want them to have a place to walk . We want them to have a place to enjoy themselves .” still stands true today . Here I put down two examples of how people can benefit from this walking city .
1 . Walking along the Seine with une glace au chocolat . This will definitely be on my must-do list every time I go to Paris in the future . Order an icecream at a Glasserie near the Seine River . Go and get your ice-cream in a bowl because if you get it in a cone it will just melt too fast . And walk along the river and walk down that very deep narrow little staircase . Be really careful because you have ice-cream in one hand , and find a place on one of the little benches there along the river . Sit and just watch the river traffic and you might hear the sound of some musicians down the river on the bridge , which is just
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