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walker-diaries · 1 year

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#paris #france #streets #people #darkness #light #daumesnil #75012

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greenbagjosh · 2 years

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14 August 1997 - the waning days in Germany for 1997 - the EC Maurice Ravel - last two nights in Paris 11e.

Thursday 14 August 1997

Guten Tag! Today would be my last day at the job, and I would have to turn in my identification. Also I had to make sure that I took care of my accomodations for 17th to 19th August before I left for the USA, New York and San Francisco. Also the big radio and coffee maker would have to be sold.

I had to go to work for the final day, and towards the afternoon, I had to let my supervisor know, how many vacation days I took and at the security gate, I would have to leave my identification card. My supervisor said he would issue a letter on my performance over the summer. He gave me a preview that it would be a decent review, as if I were to receive a letter grade of "B", or something like 83, for those who use numerical grades.

For the 17th to the 19th, I had to prepay my first night at the Auberge Internationale des Jeunes so that I could request a second one. The request was done by fax. The night charge was 110 FF, about 35 D-Mark per night, and the rest could be paid in cash. I was set for the 17th to 19th for accomodations.

Once I left work, I went to the store to buy some food for supper. Then I went home the usual way. One of my roommates had to return to Ulm the following day, so that would be my only time to say goodbye. We also settled on a price for the radio. He gave about 80 Mark for it, and about 20 Mark because it was a Siemens brand. Not a bad trade.

Friday the 15th August was a legal holiday. Work was closed, so I could not work that day. Instead, I went to see the Schloss Nymphenburg. It was in the northwest of the city. To go there, requires a bus to Silberhornstraße and the U Bahn to Hohenzollernplatz and then a tram to Romanplatz and another to the Schloß Nymphenburg castle. Back then I did not go inside it unlike Wednesday 21st July 2021 when I actually did. To see the castle, would require walking maybe a few hundred meters along a street with a canal in the middle. Then there are some large ponds to pass by and then you can see the castle. It was a nice castle, consisting of the main palace, and two wings. I should have taken time to pay for entry to the back garden. In 2021 when I visited, it was very nice, something like a small version of the garden at Versaille Palace near Paris.

I also bought a train ticket for Sunday 17th August 1997, namely the "Maurice Ravel" train from Munich to Paris Gare de l'Est. I was in the second class compartment.

Saturday the 16th August, because the 15th was a holiday, the 16th August would have stores open until about 4 PM, so I took advantage of what I could. I bought some groceries to eat, but not so much that I would have to leave anything behind. I went home and packed up, and took my two large bags to Munich Hbf, and put them in a large locker. They would be safe until the morning when I had to take the train to Paris Gare de L'Est.

I had a decent supper, nothing too filling and went to bed. I had only my green backpack and basics for the night.

Sunday the 17th August, I took a shower, had a quick snack, and packed my green backpack for the last time. I even had the bedspread that I brought along with me, put in the bag. When I walked to the housing authority, I dropped my key off in the drop box. Then I left for St. Quirin Platz on a bus to Silberhornstraße, the U2 to Hbf and I had fifteen minutes to find the locker with my other bags, and catch the Maurice Ravel train. I found the second class compartment and boarded for the last time that year.

The train left München Hbf at 7:50 AM, and made an intermediate stop at München Pasing, before proceeding to Augsburg, Ulm Hbf, Stuttgart Hbf to change direction, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe, Baden-Baden, Kehl where I left Germany for the last time that year, crossing the Rhine into Strasbourg, then really picking up speed to Nancy and then Paris Gare de l'Est. At Strasbourg, the train added some cars at the front and exchanged the DB locomotive for a SNCF locomotive. I was not exactly in a very good position on the train, being in the second class compartment.

About 3 PM, the train had arrived at Paris Gare de l'Est. I was towards the rear of the train and had a long walk to the lobby. Trolleys were in short supply. I did not have much French money and could not yet buy anything from the vending machine, until I exchanged some D-Mark for Franc. I managed to buy a one-day Mobilis carte orange day pass for zones 1 to 2. I would be able to take the metro line 5 to République and transfer to the line 8 for Ledru Rollin, so that I could avoid changing at Bastille which was a terrible station to transfer at, with luggage.

I arrived at the Auberge Internationale des Jeunes at Rue Trousseau 10 in the 11th arrondissement around 4:30 PM. I let them know that I sent a fax and had confirmation of paying the first night, and paid a further 110 Francs for the second night. They said my room was ready and I could place my luggage on the free bed. I was on the third (second for those not from the USA) floor, so it took a bit of time to go upstairs. There was no elevator at all.

After leaving my bags on the upper bunk, I went out to explore the Bastille area more or less. I took the metro and RER to Luxembourg park. I walked around that park for about fifteen minutes. I also took the metro line 8 to Daumesnil and transferred to a line 6 and I took a photo of the entrance to the Picpus metro station before returning. I am not sure what else I did that night.

Tomorrow would be my last full day in Europe for 1997. Please join me when I visit the Eiffel Tower grounds, La Défense by M1 as opposed to by the RER, Galleries Lafayette and try and fail to find the Stravinsky fountain near the Centre Georges Pompidou (how could that actually happen??????). See you then.

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illustratus · 1 month

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At St Jean d'Acre, the grenadiers Daumesnil and Souchon cover Bonaparte with their bodies to protect him from the shrapnel of a bomb blast.

by Louis Charles Bombled

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frenchcurious · 16 days

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L'avenue Daumesnil, 12e arrondissement de Paris. - source Paris sera toujours Paris.

#av. daumesnil #paris france

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meta-holott · 2 months

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2010 Paris, lac Daumesnil

#2010 #Paris #lac Daumesnil #photography #original photographers #streetphotography #color photography #pierre wayser

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flyerdada · 11 months

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Island, Daumesnil Lake, Paris, France

#Island #Daumesnil Lake #Paris #France

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microcosme11 · 1 year

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Général Daumesnil à Vincennes en 1814 by Gaston Mélingues. "I shall surrender Vincennes when I get my leg back" (Je rendrai Vincennes quand on me rendra ma jambe)

#Imperial army heroes #patriot General Daumesnil #He was also good looking

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thefiretheftproject · 2 months

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