Winter's Light
“To add to her disappointment the landscape she did see was almost uniformly drab and uninteresting. Where was the romanticism and charm she’d seen in movies and read about in books? The narrow cobblestone streets, the artfully crooked terraces, the bustling open-space cafés?
Only once did Winter see the Eiffel Tower again, when the buildings on her left thinned and a space opened up. Paris’s most famous landmark rose up in the misty golden morning light, proud and beautiful. For a split sec...ond, she glimpsed the Paris of her imagination and then it was gone again, obscured by a red brick wall sprayed with graffiti and pigeon droppings.
During the trip Marcel kept up a steady commentary on his city’s history and its famous landmarks. Round about the time they sped through their fifth set of traffic lights – the light clearly flashing red – leaving a blast of horns in their wake, it dawned on Winter that Marcel’s tour guide act was something of a mask.MoreLess
Only once did Winter see the Eiffel Tower again, when the buildings on her left thinned and a space opened up. Paris’s most famous landmark rose up in the misty golden morning light, proud and beautiful. For a split sec...ond, she glimpsed the Paris of her imagination and then it was gone again, obscured by a red brick wall sprayed with graffiti and pigeon droppings.
During the trip Marcel kept up a steady commentary on his city’s history and its famous landmarks. Round about the time they sped through their fifth set of traffic lights – the light clearly flashing red – leaving a blast of horns in their wake, it dawned on Winter that Marcel’s tour guide act was something of a mask.MoreLess
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