tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42582229763577783962024-02-07T19:01:25.188-08:00The Frolickings of Ophelia Ophelia Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132710494151719318noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4258222976357778396.post-38417206114629169302015-03-27T17:15:00.000-07:002015-03-27T17:15:50.396-07:00The Ultimate Mission: To Walk the Whole La Petite Ceinture Railway in Paris Pt. II<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
So this post is a continuation of the previous post which
you can see <a href="http://orchidsheart42.blogspot.fr/2015/03/the-ultimate-mission-to-walk-whole-la.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I probably never walked more than four stations in one go.
This was mostly because every now and then there are barriers that were just
too difficult to get through. But here I am trying to make sense of it all and
put it into a coherent "tour" of the tracks. So the last station we
looked at was Gare de Bel-Air-Ceinture, following this is Gare de l'Avenue de
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For the non-Frenchies reading this, "gare" means station. Though you will probably figure this out. It appears in the name of each station so go figure...</div>
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This bit is very colourful (not surprising when you see the
next few), and is the start/end depending on your perspective, of my favorite
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ABOVE: Presumably the platform of this "station." As you can see this whole area has been attacked by colour and mildly nonsensical English. BELOW: "Rain is Pink" and "Free Smile." Well at least they are happy.</div>
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BELOW: I like this one. I seem to like chunky iron bridges. Is that weird? I hope not. And <a href="http://orchidsheart42.blogspot.fr/2014/11/the-day-after-all-nighter-in-catas-la.html" target="_blank">Here </a>are some more photos of the area (and the next few stations).</div>
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This part of the track is VERY lively. We walked through
coming from the other direction to this virtual "tour" I am writing
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This station didn't just have the little buildings you see scattered here, but also this, which of course we could not get into (we had a peek nonetheless).</div>
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The next station was Gare de Charonne-Marchanidises but it
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I first went to Gare de Charonne totally unaware that this
is what it was, I was attending a concert in the now renovated La Fleche d'Or.
Given the "ceinture" sign and railway clock, I worked out pretty fast
that I was standing in a petite ceinture station. Given that the singer was
pretty rubbish it deff was a highlight to the evening...!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Underneath the station however it is even more interesting. There
were so many obscure structures hanging about. I found it fascinating. My
friend however was quite content just watching me flit about- to be fair he had
been down the catas the last few days and I had only been down there one night
so probably had more energy than he!<o:p></o:p></div>
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OK, so if you read my last post you saw my last warning. But
I am warning you here again. Between this station and the next one is a really
long tunnel, in the middle of this tunnel my friend and I had our cameras and
phones and money stolen. So perhaps skip this bit. I have reason to believe
that they hang out there often. It is NOT worth it and there is zero chance of
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The first time I saw this it was through a hole in the fence
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WOULD get inside it. And I did a few months later. Now there is a man living in
there running some kind of dance club out of it. He is very friendly, but I am
rather untrusting of people that are THAT friendly. He also some how had wired
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NOTE: I started writing this about a month ago, then something kinda awful happened and I distracted myself by spending almost four days underground. Having spent over a year hanging out on this beautiful, special place and meeting only interesting and lovely people, I wasn't really prepared for what happened. I lost two cameras (digital and film), two decent lens, my headphones and barely functional iphone. I am very sad about my cameras but the experience itself was so much worse. So PLEASE PLEASE be careful, especially in the tunnels around Belleville and Ménilmontant . Preferably skip it. It is not worth the people you could run into down there...! Like we did.<br />
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Enough of the misery! I felt I had to warn you and now I have. On with the epicly long post.<br />
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LEFT: My map that I gradually annotated as I went around, marking off all the bits I had done. For those who are interested my "tour" starts in the south in the browny pink bit.<br />
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About a year ago I moved to Paris and set out to walk the whole of the la petite ceinture railway that encircles Paris. I have somewhat completed my mission. I say somewhat because actually a third in the west of the city has been re-purposed for the RER line C and other parts have been ripped up and/or used for other things-- for example the park in the 15th Arr. Thankfully a lot of it I managed to beat them to it or some how manage it regardless and only encountered a few minor issues and one threat of arrest... And only a couple of angry homeless people. I think I did well! (See update above....!)</div>
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The obsession started a year earlier, I had come to Paris alone for a week to attend a conference on Nabokov (I am way cool right??!), and whilst I was walking to and from the metro each day I saw this over the wall. After two or three days I decided it obviously was not in use and wondered if it was possible to get down there. Then went back to Birmingham and forgot all about it.</div>
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A year later I moved to Paris and was pointed in the direction of this <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24655733" target="_blank">clip </a>on the BBC.</div>
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This was the first station I encountered, 'Abattoirs de Vaugirad', which was not used for passenger service. Rather it was used to serve the nearby abattoir and now just consists of the loading bay and remains of where the building would have been.<br />
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I believe the writing above is a quote from "A Season in Hell" by Rimbaud that translates roughly as<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">One evening, I sat Beauty in my lap. — And I found her bitter. — And I cursed her.</span></div>
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The next station I found was Gare de Montrouge-Ceinture, which sadly no longer exists. This spot became a truly special place for us, we had picnics on the platform in the tunnel, late night drinks on the steps, many a afternoon walk down the tracks and a few other special things... (You will know what I mean if you know!).</div>
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RIGHT: An example of the graffiti down at Montrouge-Ceinture.<br />
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BELOW: These little white rabbits cropped up all over the place, and down a rather mysterious hole... You may catch my drift. Crawling down the hole after Mr. Rabbit was an experience to remember.<br />
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There isn't really a station here anymore, having said that, it is one of the prettiest parts in the greener months.</div>
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ABOVE: We finally got to the end of a long tunnel and the sun was gorgeous, look at it bleaching out my photo! BELOW: This is the same place, facing the other direction, Man the tunnel was long...!</div>
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So I was not kitted out for any kind of urban exploring, I had only my iPhone, and my kids red rucksack covered in fire engines. A huge "here look at me" if there ever was. Oh and I was wearing sandals.</div>
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I got to where it should have been and it wasn't. After some circling I saw this through the fence and decided it must be the old station (it is), but there were no tracks. There was a man on the other side of the fence taking photos so in my broken French I quizzed him how he got in. I didn't really understand so kept going. To cut a long story short I ended up running through a construction yard with men shouting after me. I figured if I got off their property fast enough then they would leave me alone. It worked.</div>
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This, however, is what excited me the most. THERE IS STILL A TRAIN ON IT! I had no idea what it was being used for but it looked occupied so I did not try to get in. Just as well as since 2013 it has been a homeless shelter. Neat eh? I think it is a good use for it.</div>
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Ophelia Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132710494151719318noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4258222976357778396.post-15524048804300384142015-02-03T10:36:00.000-08:002015-02-03T10:36:11.388-08:00Top Ten Most Accessible Ruins in Paris (on Atlas Obscura)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Cold winter months inspiring you to go for a walk around some Paris ruins? <a href="http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-most-accessible-ruins-in-paris" target="_blank">Here </a>is my top ten list that has been published over at Atlas Obscura.<br />
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CHECK IT OUT!Ophelia Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132710494151719318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4258222976357778396.post-58075141087296239772014-12-04T15:27:00.000-08:002014-12-04T15:27:03.686-08:00Another Article on Atlas Obscura: Longbridge TunnelsSo I scribbled a little more for the wonderful people at Atlas Obscura. If you want to peek, look <a href="http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/blackout-below-burmingham-in-the-abandoned-wwii-tunnels" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Ophelia Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132710494151719318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4258222976357778396.post-11731990050452781332014-11-28T13:33:00.000-08:002014-11-28T13:33:15.967-08:00Return to the UK: Brief Urbex around Kent Pt. 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
So first off, a confession to make, this isn't an urbex in the sense that we were exploring forgotten about and neglected tunnels. Though they were neglected until earlier this year, the locals of Ramsgate have opened them to the public as a kind of museum, despite this it was good fun. It did, however, mean I couldn't spend long taking pictures, had to contend with bright overhead lights in some places and avoid getting in the way of other people/lagging behind so much it bugged everyone else.</div>
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The old signs taken from the entrance, I kinda want them in my non-existent living room with fairy lights poking through the holes... </div>
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For a split second (and at a distance) I thought the horse was real. I blame it on being gloriously over fed and flustered by the weather. We picked the perfect day to visit the British coast, practically December and constant rain. Beautiful. It did make hiding in the tunnels all the more glorious, even if I did try to convince myself that they had sedated two horses for our benefit.</div>
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I thoroughly recommend the Ramsgate Tunnels, it was good fun, and actually if you are stuck in the rain in this area then you should deff head over. There is a cute little cafe at the mouth of the tunnel which was a good place to warm up and dry off with a mug of tea (though rather hilariously we had to venture back out into the rain after too much tea as the tunnels don't have functioning toilets- I hadn't yet encountered the WWII tin buckets). Their site is <a href="http://www.ramsgatetunnels.org/" target="_blank">here</a>. Make sure you book though, we have passed by before and it was fully booked, same for that day as well. </div>
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They probably also cover the history I haven't, frankly they know it all much better than I, so you should go just to hear the stories! </div>
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As always there are a few more photos hiding out on my instagram <a href="http://instagram.com/p/vyA67ZkB9G/?modal=true" target="_blank">here </a>that I can't for the life of me actually show you directly here.</div>
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I left the beautiful (and at times grimey) Paris for a few days for the rather grey, wet and cold Canterbury. The trip was primarily for graduation, and because I feel I deserve bragging rights for my feat I'm going inform you all- I got a distinction in my MA, yeahhhh. I did it. Despite the distractions of living in Paris. Anyways, I couldn't not go back without breaking out the cameras, boots and thick jumpers, and calling up a mate or two to go do some exploring. The latter was only figuratively, I can't call anyone up in England since my phone has decided not to accept any calls whilst I am in the UK and only occasionally lets me receive texts. Joys of technology. But here are some snaps.</div>
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I don't know why I like this one so much, but I do. This place had a lot of (sometimes idiotic) words on it. Look at my<a href="http://instagram.com/fantasticmrfox42" target="_blank"> instagram feed</a> for some of the more dumb phrases I found. These willl be gradually posted.</div>
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So because I have absolutely no respect for my legs when they wake up and say "Nope, not today. Not after you spent all night crawling in the Catas, you can't surely expect to be able to walk four hours down la petite ceinture". Well apparently I do. And we did. After not very much sleep we set off to knock another chunk off the map, and I am so glad we did. Maybe this is one of my favourite sections, it was certainly the most interesting, and worth pushing past the achy-ness for. Even if I did get stuck on top of a fence when my legs TOTALLY gave up on me.</div>
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The station, now La Flech d'Or, a music venue.</div>
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We then seemed to hit a section full of pandas, and love and clovers. And "Rain is Pink". I am not too sure what they were on when they wrote that.!</div>
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I leave you with one such panda: Be Lucky he says.</div>
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All I know is that we were driving to Lyon, but this friend that was kind enough to take me to Lyon from Paris is totally unable to just have a "normal" trip-- by "normal" I mean staying at ground level and entering buildings that are not marked "entree interdit au public". So we stopped here. </div>
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Dam big kitchen, I could not help but think of the cakes I could make in here.</div>
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There was quite a lot of destruction in this building, glass, feathers, graffiti, the lot. </div>
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Oh yes! There was a theater, despite my insane feather allergy I got up.</div>
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So continuing the mission of walking the WHOLE petite ceinture, I carried on where I left off from the previous (and rather intensive) weekend, here- near porte de Vincennes. After walking for what felt like hours last weekend, though in reality that was probably due to spending all night underground, we just weren't able to carry on any longer! </div>
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A while ago I went on a trip around a few sites in the UK with a new urbex buddy, who since has come to visit dear old Paris, and I realized I hadn't shared all of what we saw that day... So here is more of a photo post.</div>
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So after a few not so successful trips down the catas, in that we saw virtually nothing other than bad graffiti and a lot of water, I was invited down by some people who knew them a bit better-- and had a map I was actually able to read...</div>
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After having been told I would have to climb in through a man hole (and silently panicking for a few days prior- I have stood under some of those and have seen how high they can be), I was actually let off and we went in through the more famous and easier way. Though only just. I was then led by the one friend that has come out to meet me, as I was only on a one night trip down due to work constraints, and we spent just over and hour trying to catch up with the others. It was easy enough, until an attempted short cut led us into water up to my waist, my guide was considerably taller and better prepared than I. </div>
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One of the things I found the most interesting was walking down the roads underneath Paris that I frequently used above ground. Rue d'Alesia being one of them. It was also rather surreal walking underground from more or less where the Rabbit Warren was to my old university, and tying associations to the paths we went to the routes above. My accomplices being all British did not get the same kick I did, thought did find my various squeaks amusing. </div>
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We did a lot more walking, met some more people, and then had a small break in this room (below) which stank to high heavens, probably the least sanitary place I have ever eaten but hey...! Spirit of the adventure, I didn't care, and I was already pretty filthy. It had been very creatively dubbed "The Sword Room". There was momentary debate over whether the texture of the surface of the rock indicated chicken sacrifice or fiberglass. The fiberglass argument won out, especially considering as the sword was fairly secure in it's rock. </div>
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After several hours of trying not to drink myself too far and perhaps achieving exactly that, we followed some well practiced cataphiles out at a speed I couldn't quite hold (due to my terrible footwear), though several TINY holes not much bigger than I and up several flights of steps, where we finally resurfaced at 6am via a triangular man hole. It wasn't until we hit ground level that I realized just how exhausted I was. </div>
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Ophelia Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132710494151719318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4258222976357778396.post-77356332659954965772014-09-26T13:00:00.001-07:002014-09-26T13:04:54.482-07:00Abandoned Places VIII: A Malt Brewery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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So after spending a month cooped up inside writing for university, I celebrated by heading to the Midlands for a well needed break, and met up with a very lovely and helpful guy who took us all over to stake out some really interesting places. So many in fact, that it deserves multiple postings! The first was this place, and the cause of me totally scabbing up my right leg- all part of the fun though eh? If you ain't broke by the end then you haven't worked hard enough guess!</div>
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These are the first photos I have attempted to take underground, so whilst they aren't great, I am pretty proud that you can actually see things in them (the Paris catacomb photos were so bad I couldn't bring myself to share them). </div>
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The first place our fantastic guide took us was this tunnel, part of a system under Longbridge that was used to house and assembled aircraft engines and components during WWII.<br />
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These were in one of the little rooms off the main tunnel.</div>
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Just outside Paris in the north, under the Charles de Gaulle flight path lies the remnants of the town Goussainville-Vieux. A few months ago a friend and I went to check it out, and last week Atlas Obscura asked me to write about it for them. The article is <a href="http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ghost-town-goussainvile-vieux-pays" target="_blank">here</a> with some photos I took whilst there.</div>
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For more photos of this truly eerie place, see my gallery <a href="http://orchidsheart42.deviantart.com/gallery/50310257/Goussainville-Vieux-Ghost-Town" target="_blank">here</a>. I took so many photos it was almost unreal! I am hoping to go back again at some point, better armed with flashlights etc so I can take more pics in the slightly darker rooms that my poor ol' camera couldn't handle last time (rookie mistake!).</div>
Ophelia Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132710494151719318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4258222976357778396.post-8199719143667456172014-08-10T11:35:00.000-07:002014-08-10T11:35:03.508-07:00Paris Street Art: In Situ at Fort d'Aubervillers<div style="text-align: justify;">
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On what turned out to be an extremely hot day (even for my Italian accomplice, it wasn't just my mainly British-conditioning) and the <i>final </i>day of In Situ, I went to go check it out before it was closed. And I am mighty glad we braved the heat because it was well worth a visit. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My friend that came with me also commented (and I agree) that more ugly warehouse type buildings ought to be spruced up like this. Like William Morris said, 'Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or beautiful', or in this case, outside..!</span></div>
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This one below was a tribute to the punks that occupied the space after it ceased to be of use to the military.</div>
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And this one reminded me of the picture I saw in <a href="http://instagram.com/p/ndmQ37kB-E/?modal=true" target="_blank">Strasbourg</a>, I think its the same artist.</div>
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This was one of my favorite areas, where the artists were each assigned an alcove to fill.</div>
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I adored this one, with all the butterflies, it deff struck a cord- books can indeed inspire dreams.</div>
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This one below is just stunning, "Open your Eyes".</div>
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A WIP.</div>
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A few weeks ago I went to check out La REcyclerie, a re-purposed train station on la petite ceinture, now a cafe, at the request of a friend from <a href="http://www.atlasobscura.com/" target="_blank">Atlas Obscura</a>. You can find the article <a href="http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/la-recyclerie" target="_blank">here</a>. Of course it being part of the abandoned railway, and also serving decent herbal tea/coffee/hibiscus juice and homemade food, has made it an instant fav and I WILL be dragging many more friends up there soon... </div>
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I have been rather busy of late, working on my MA and kick starting this photography thing and finding various freelance jobs that I could do to support myself longer living in Paris. As such I have opened a DA account <a href="http://orchidsheart42.deviantart.com/gallery/" target="_blank">here</a>. In doing so I have started to learn the basics of photo editing to give my pictures a bit of extra oomph, so even though the pics there are the same as here, they are in fact better version. Subtle but necessary. But for now I give you another piece of the railway puzzle.</div>
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The hunt for this bit all started with a photo on instagram of a bridge I was dying to see, the only problem was it gave no indication as to which part of the railway it was actually on and so the search was on to find it. Crawling along Paris on google earth and maps, comparing what I saw with what I could see in the background of the photo, I narrowed it down to two places, here and somewhere else. It wasn't here, but it was not a wasted trip, I always enjoy uncovering a new part of the railway.</div>
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It turned out that a lot of the tracks were being ripped up to make way for new buildings, something that I find rather sad, though as my friend keeps reminding me- these places are transient and I need to make the most of it whilst it still exists. We do our best! </div>
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I have a feeling that people don't come down here as much as the other parts, true it is much shorter than the other parts and there are no extra draws like entrances to the catacombs... But there was a lot of uprooted tracks, signal posts and other gear.</div>
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The truncated railway is shown above, alone with the signal point which I climbed up for no real reason other than I could. We also saw a little pink panther on our travels.</div>
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The best bit however was probably the rail station itself. Though getting in was not an option (it bordered an active construction site), I still enjoyed walking around it and taking a few pics. I also had a very difficult conversation with a local, my substandard French was met with his awkward English and in the end we just laughed and gave up.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I would imagine that this station is on the brink of destruction, though this is not as sad as finding out that the one by where I live is being flattened. Having spent many hours down there I know I will mourn its death.</span></div>
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Little did I know when I first stumbled upon this place that Rivoli 59 was once one of the most visited tourist places (in fact I read somewhere that it was the fourth most visited- but considering what is in Paris I find that fact quite surprising and remain dubious). Having spent the last six months living in a kind of commune/verging on this kind of living, it was interesting seeing one that took its concept to the full. Rivoli 59 is situated in a typical Haussmannian Parisian building, but unlike any other I have ever seen. I was met with a rather colorful front door (that I secretly coveted and wanted for my own front door) and a rather eclectic interior. Needless to say I was intrigued and had to go have a look. </div>
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Aforementioned front door and a communal piano,which on the way back someone was actually playing. </div>
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This squat is one of many in Paris and houses dozens of artists who create and live in this unique space. Once it became too popular as an attraction, it was threatened with health and safety issues and closing, though thankfully it was saved by the mayor who then bought it to protect the livelihoods of the artists in question. </div>
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I spent some time talking to one artist in particularity, he was painting a portrait of a girl whilst I was there and I was intrigued by his method of using the floor as a palette for mixing his colors (below). Some of his art is also shown above left. (Above right): Another artist I was taken by was Charlotte Massip, however taking a photo of her work was difficult as all the large pieces were behind glass, but they were stunning. A mix between engravings, drawings and watercolors, with a hint of the Victorian and macabre and a huge dose of internal organs. Check her out <a href="http://charlotte.massip.free.fr/index.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Sadly I did not take photos of all the rooms in the squat, some artists had rules against it, plus it gives you a reason to go check it out yourself...</div>
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There were about six floors in all, it felt like doing the reverse of falling down a rabbit hole, and was no less intriguing! Art squats are very popular in Paris and I have several more on my hit list to check out, along with everything else I want to do...</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">So in the spirit of walking as far down La Petite Ceinture as possible, we decided to go back down where we left off in the 14eme and see how far we could get before we hit another dead end. Having walked halfway from Parc George Brassens to Montsouris, we wanted to see what we would discover if we kept going (we also took a guest writer from New York down with us this time).</span></div>
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We came down through our "usual" entrance and covered the first bit of familiar territory, which however had been newly attacked with the artistic paws of the underground Parisians, as such the tunnel walls looked different to the last time we came down. </div>
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Here are some more pictures of the tunnel walls.</div>
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My favorite part of this section was how green it was when we came to the end of what was, frankly, a very long tunnel. We presumed by this point we were below Montsouris, but it was quite hard to tell.</div>
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Next time we are going to head up to Bercy and see how much we can see over there. Since each section is so different from the last, I am excited to see what we will find up there...<br />
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The first section had a very strong Asian feel to it, and for me it was especially surreal having been born in Tokyo and travelled around various parts of Asia whilst very young but barely remembering it, I kept getting these ghost inklings of a memory that I could barely grasp. Below are some pictures of the Asian "village" followed by a picture of the Indochina building, the back of the pavilion and an interior shot of one of the Tunisian buildings. </div>
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Below: side view of a sweet little house that overlooks the veg plot, and the interior of one of the greenhouses.<br />
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Here is inside another greenhouse and the outside of another, followed by more pictures of the inside of the greenhouses.</div>
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Here are some photos from when we were wandering around the Moroccan area, which was especially "weathered".</div>
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I especially adore the way the greenery completely takes over, how structures once completely man-made, are now under the control of nature.<br />
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Finally, at the end of our trail, we were met with a memorial and the back of the entrance point. This place really was stunning and very eerie. I would strongly recommend a visit if you are looking for something unusual in the Il de France region or feel in need of an escape from the Haussmannian boulevards of Paris (despite Haussmann's attempt at renovating Paris, it is somewhat claustrophobic at times). It will be well worth the trip.</div>
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These were the first two we saw, both are by Seth, the trademark blue hair (of which I am jealous of) is telling. </div>
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This one was particularly interesting because the face was not painted on but cut away from the plaster, and was made by the sculptor Vhils (Alexandre Farto). Below is a piece by Inti.</div>
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Below, The Alapinta Crew, Aner and Maher, from Temuco and Villarrica, represent the vitality of a Chilean <span style="font-family: inherit;">Mapuche lands in this graffiti. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Below left is a mural by</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Obey (Shepard Fairey), below right is just a pretty view of the church at Place d'Italie that I risked taking whilst standing in the middle of a road!</span></div>
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This rather cute cat (above left) is another example of C215's work, above right M-City.<br />
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Ophelia Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132710494151719318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4258222976357778396.post-74824648204566826752014-05-30T06:17:00.000-07:002014-06-05T14:36:22.486-07:00Rue des Thermopyles Jardin en Fête<br />
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Over the last few months the local community here on rue des Thermopyles (where I have lived for the last five months in an artist's commune I have semi-affectionately dubbed "The Rabbit Warren") have been renovating a forgotten park that was in need of some love and affection; yesterday they had the opening and the whole street was invited. </div>
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The sense of community was fantastic and I have never felt like I was in such a "French" atmosphere, they sang local songs, danced and we ate homemade food. It was a great experience, even if talking to my neighbours was problematic due to my lack of useful French.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thankfully they left behind some markers of the previous site, such as remnants of the graffiti, which adds to the eco-urban feel of the square and sense of individual personality. Rue des Thermopyles is such a unique street, to make its parc a uniform green space would have been a true shame.</span></div>
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I have been staring in through the bars for weeks watching the progress and it was great to finally get behind them, especially to reach the little blue and red man who I have been dying to get a photo of (you know how it is, when you are literally barred from something, you will want it/in no matter what).</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Last summer I came to Paris for a week to attend the Nabokov conference, run by The Enchanted Researchers, and stayed in a hostel down by Porte de Vanves called Arty Paris. Everyday I walked over this bridge and stared down and the tracks, realising that I never saw any trains pass through, and found it odd that it was just <i>there…</i> It wasn't until about six months ago I found out about La Petite Ceinture and realised that this must have been what I had been walking past. So I became hell bent on finding a way in. </span></div>
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I found a way in at the back of the Parc George-Brassens, clearly you aren't <i>meant </i>to get in, but as the fence already had a huge hole I figured I may as well go down.</div>
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I only explored the first bit on this occasion, I had promised to bring a friend down so I only went to the start of the first tunnel the first time (that and the tunnels aren't much fun alone, they are very long in places). The pictures below however, are from slightly further down, beyond the first tunnel. I think we ended up climbing out closer to Porte d'Orleans, there was a loose fence panel on the side of the track where a path had been worn into the banks.</div>
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Ophelia Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132710494151719318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4258222976357778396.post-20845511267294727712014-05-15T16:28:00.000-07:002014-05-15T16:29:30.674-07:00Abandoned Places I: The Quest to Discover La Petite Ceinture <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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La Petite Ceinture, near Bercy.</td></tr>
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Now I have been on La Petite Ceinture a fair bit whilst staying here in Paris, I love how different the atmosphere is down there in comparison to other parts of Paris, and it allows me to satisfy a long nurtured childhood urge to walk ON the train tracks. Having watched the Railway Children way too many times as a child and gone on many a walk with my Nan back in England to our local railway, I just can't help feeling a little nostalgic when I am down there. In fact I spent a great portion of my time growing up around railway tracks, as teenagers we hung out down there with the usual teenage anti-social behaviour, we even slept down there once. But we never went ON the tracks. Now I can't get enough…<br />
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Today I submitted my end of term papers for the last semester of my masters (woohoo!), and to celebrate weeks of being inside staring at the computer, I decided I would go find a new section of La Petite Ceinture to explore. Now as I have a fellow abandoned places friend, and he is still upset that last time I went down without him with my real camera, this time I promised I would leave the camera at home and only look for a way in whilst he, rather sadly, was still hard at work. This of course, is easier said than done, I spent about two hours wandering around where it SHOULD have been and did eventually find it, after walking brazenly though an active construction site and shouting at strangers in my substandard French to tell me how to get it. I will go back very soon, avec my friend and camera to take more pictures. In the meantime here are a few from the other part of the track that I have previously explored.<br />
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I will post another piece about how to get down here with some more pictures soon.Ophelia Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132710494151719318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4258222976357778396.post-90590367354404220372014-05-15T10:59:00.000-07:002014-05-15T10:59:14.127-07:00The New Blog of Ophelia <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I moved to Paris back in January, and since then have been busy exploring the city, both the tourist highlights and the slightly more hidden Paris. So I have decided to start a blog, documenting the things I have already done and the things I am going to do whilst I study here. Though I am primarily a student, studying literature at a small university in Montparnasse, I also make and sell literary themed notebooks on Etsy (take a peak here: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/OrchidsHeart?ref=si_shop">My Etsy shop</a>) and bake when I have a moment. I have recently signed up to a few MeetUp groups so we shall see what the next few months bring, in the mean time I will post some retrospective blogs of all the things I have done so far with my frolickings.<br />
<br />Ophelia Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132710494151719318noreply@blogger.com0