Paris Top 10: Walking

What will you find when you go on a walk in Paris? 

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An interplay of light and shadow in an airy hall, far more interesting than the dubiously-titled art on its walls; and the company of a beloved sister, far more valuable.

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The source of a favorite album. A riff on a favorite cocktail. 

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A daydream about snapping winds and foamy seas, wrought in thin spires of bronzed fancy. 

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Tiny explosions of color and chlorophyll, waiting to beautify a room or a corner or just a passing glance.

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A temple to a man that accidentally, in dizzying golden heights and shafts of warm piercing sunshine, honors God instead.

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A place that begs questioning, if only you were brave enough to stop for the answer.

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A new friend: adoring, persistent and soft around the edges.

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A gateway into another place, another time. 

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A bracing remedy for whatever ails you.

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A symphony of pattern, texture and composition that welcomes you with glass drums and trumpets of steel and, with soft undulating wood-paneled woodwinds, begs you to return and explore it again: on foot, as it was meant to be seen.

You will.