TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Arrondissements and More About Paris

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Arrondissements and More About Paris - #ParisFrance

Dear Readers,
I accidentally deleted my most recent blog entry. I'll try to recreate it now.

I was talking about how in my past visits to Paris I usually took the metro which is fast, efficient, economical and easy to figure out. My complaint about the metro is that I don't see the landmarks of Paris. I go down, ride the metro, and surface near my destination, like a pop-up mole.

One of the things I want to do this visit is to see more of Paris above-ground, and last night I did that on the way to the Reading at 103 Rue Julian Lacroix, 20th arrondissement. I took the bus and saw some other distticts.

About the reading, I shared an excerpt of a short story, which was heavy but which was received well, I think, I met some lovely people including Nicholas Calderbank and Ursula Wynne. Jason McGinnsey hosted the open mic, which was quite enjoyable. You must join them if you are in Paris, Thursday nights - Paris Lit Up Open Mic.

In my blog entry that vanished, I also talked about "arrondissements" which means districts. There are 20 districts in Paris that are not grid but coil around like a snail. Take a look at the picture. I'm staying in the 6th arrondissement and I'm close to many districts. The first district is the oldest and includes the Louvre.

I shared pictures taken at the reading and the area near my hotel in the 6th district.

More next time, I'm sorry I accidentally deleted a good post. I'll add more pictures to this blog entry, so stop by again.

Tags:travel, Paris, France, holiday, vacation, #ParisFrance

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This is all for now,
Cecilia

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.