{"id":1648,"date":"2013-05-23T00:41:12","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T23:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2025-10-30T10:44:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T09:44:41","slug":"paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/23\/paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2579\" height=\"1719\" data-attachment-id=\"1650\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/23\/paris\/2013-05-09-008\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2013-05-09-008.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2579,1719\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Tour Montparnasse is one of the few tall structures in Paris.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2013-05-09-008-1024x682.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2013-05-09-008.jpg\" alt=\"Tour Montparnasse in Paris\" class=\"wp-image-1650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2013-05-09-008.jpg 2579w, https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2013-05-09-008-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2013-05-09-008-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2013-05-09-008-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2579px) 100vw, 2579px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought I wouldn&#8217;t enjoy wandering in a strange city, but I quite liked our Parisian strolls. We might even go back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I wouldn&#8217;t enjoy wandering in a strange city, but I quite liked our Parisian strolls. We might even go back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s1j9q5-paris","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4714,"url":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/12\/just-another-tree\/","url_meta":{"origin":1648,"position":0},"title":"Just another tree","author":"Eddy Young","date":"12 May 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"P and I hiked about 30 km on Saturday and Sunday. It was quite the work-out, especially since it had been a few weeks since our last long walk and it was sunny and hot. I took a picture of this tree for no reason other than I liked the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-05-11A-002-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-05-11A-002-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-05-11A-002-150x150.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-05-11A-002-150x150.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/priscimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-05-11A-002-150x150.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3902,"url":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/25\/christmas-day-photoblogging-mauritius-bulk-sugar-terminal\/","url_meta":{"origin":1648,"position":1},"title":"Christmas Day photoblogging: Mauritius Bulk Sugar Terminal","author":"Eddy Young","date":"25 December 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Merry Christmas! 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We keep rushing from place to place, making phone calls to and meeting tradesmen for cost estimates, and pleading\u2013if not begging\u2013for our work to be started in priority. This back-and-forth has been our bane for the last three months. 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