Notre-Dame de Paris

So far, the cathedral that has impressed me the most in the world has always been the one in Cologne (to be honest, one of the few things I like in Germany). Nevertheless, there is a cathedral that made me change my mind during the last few days.

The Cathedrále Notre Dame owns a complicated simplicity and refined beauty that cannot go unnoticed. Furthermore, its heterogenic location gives a lot of possibilities to photograph it in thousand different ways. I think this masterpiece even deserve another post in this blog. You will see what I am talking about.

NOTA: Si bien Notre Dame es el sumum del arte gótico más puro, no hay catedral más interesante en el mundo que la de Sevilla. Pronto dedicaré un post para explicar porqué.

Île de la Cité: the Gothic foundations

One day… around the XIIth century… the influential Ghotic Art started setting its foundamentals here, at the Île de la Cité in Paris. There is nothing better than the Saint Chapelle’s stained-glass windows to understand its magnificent beauty:

Not far, always in the Island, we find Notre Dame. The maximum exponent of Gothic architecture in the world:

There are not many words to explain this…

La Défense. When modernity inspires.

After a few days of stress at work and feeling like a non-human being… I just needed to refresh my mind by getting some inspiration and feeling myself creative again.

I got what I wanted in a modern and alternative area of Paris called “La Défense”. It’s actually a WTC with tall office buildings and a shopping center. Nevertheless, this place gives some space to modern art and open areas, what makes it interesting to be visited.

This picture above, where the Grande Arche and two firemen are depicted, was a good shot (under my opinion) that I took after working for a while on the composition of all the elements. I don’t normally like to work long in a picture but I gotta admit that you can success when you do it.

Place de la République

Once more, like in Rome, I am living near the Republic Square. Is it a sign?? Will it be possible to live in a “Plaza de la República” in my own country one day?? It would be great !!

Like a summer in Paris

Ufffff!!!!! It was difficult but I finally achieved my aim! I managed to settle down in Paris for the summer. After 3 long weeks of “job hunt” I’ll be working (again) as a waiter in a nice Italian restaurant at the tourist Saint Michel Square (VIeme). Well… I know I always say that I wont work as a waiter anymore but… what can I expect with my low standard of French…

However, it was easier to find a place to live, since hundreds of students finished the course this month and are leaving the city. I found a cheap and nice room located near République Square (Xeme), not far from downtown and a 25 minutes walking from my job. I share the apartment with a friendly classical ballet dancer and a student of Photography.

The main goal now is to keep learning French (after my adventure in the former French colonies in Western Africa) and became more “universal” each day (joke). After living in London, Amsterdam and Rome, I still have to live in Paris to experience how life is in the main European capitals. It is true that I haven’t spent a lot of time in each of these cities but, all in all, I have lived one year and a half in the four of them.

So, during this summer, I’ll try to show you the best and worst of this wonderful city with some nice pictures and better comments.