There are a couple of places in Paris that I consider "my" spots. Somehow they're linked with random memories... sitting here or walking there. Then there are places that I one day deemed as places that I do not like. One of those places is Montmartre. I can't even remember the last time I was there. I decided to give it another chance and yet again it failed to conquer me.
Everyone knows Montmartre because of that damned Amelie film. I do not like that film, I really do not. Given the choice of those random colourful French films, I'd pick "Jeux d'enfants" (Love me if you dare) over Amelie any day. I don't know if Montmartre is now even more touristy than before, probably. For every tourist, there is someone trying to sell something and there is always someone trying to take a photo, that in the end they will never even look at.
I climbed the stairs to the church, I walked around and I decided the view from there wasn't worth it in the end. And so I left and went to wander around the side streets, that is still the best thing to do in popular places.

( +2 - the church and skies )
Going to touristy places reminds me over and over that in the end this LJ has more value for me than I could possibly describe. There are so many people out there with their cameras and I just know that most will never look at their holiday photos! At best they'll end up on some random folder on FaceBook. Most likely they'll just be uploaded into a folder on a computer "to be looked at later"... but that "later" will never come. It kind of makes me feel sad for all those lost photos. |