Walking on Promenade Plantee, Paris/Carlos Pueblo

Walking on Promenade Plantee, Paris/Carlos Pueblo

I had attempted several times to search the remain of the Bastille Fortress with

no success yet when I concentrated to a small park near by the Opera House, I

walked into the Promenade Plantee, Coulee verte Rene-Dumont, that I wished to

work harder in my French lesson during my early life. I found the name of the park

later from a picture which I took on my walk, Gymnase Reuilly, and searched out

of this obsolete Vincennes Railway converted to a paved public walk park 4.7 km

from Bastille to Bois de Vincennes, an old palace now the largest city park of Paris.

The park idea began in 1988 and opened in 1993, the Google search mentioned

the High Line Park of Chelsea, New York City was 1 mile long also converted from an

abandoned railway from Chicago to NYC. Thanks to Patrick Hwang took me to visit

High Line Park and I believed Professor Ko, mayor of Taipei, went to visit High Liine on

His first visit of NYC in 2014 as well. Promenade was built 10 m above the ground on

The Viaduc des Arts, a kind of luxury art works display shops looked like a stadium

shape architecture which I found the real name at the same search. I was mistaken a

memorial plate on the wall for North African something to North American liberation

in the event of 1944, very stupid of me and I felt sorry for myself.

I like flowers and I love gardens. The city authorized to architects, Philippe Mathieux

And Jacques Vergely, to design this lovely elevated green park with a lot of small garden

lots along the walkway. The park is well facilitated, I mean toilets and water, and well

maintained. I saw roses and cherry blossom, of course not as significant od D.C., London,

and Dublin, etc. yet it made me feel that I did have a special spring, a prolonging spring.

I walked out of the trail two or three times to see some parts of Paris in more details, i.e.,

I bought a piece of water melon on a fruits shop and consumed it on a bench and continue

my journey. Once I found my camera battery was low in charge, I exited to a building, the

Gymnase Reuilly, for a break. The staff was very nice to allow me recharge my battery and

I was watching a high school physical education class, a hand ball game lesson, for the entire

hour. I did walk to the garden of Reuilly yet not a complete visit before a dead end of the park.

It was a surprise visit of Paris. Vincennes is on the suburban area with a beautiful landscape,

of course it was a royal palace of France once in the old time had been converted to a city

park. There were flowers and lake with white swans. My problem occurred again for toilet

facility and I was urgently need to find such facility. There is a zoo adjacent to the park.

巴黎散步用公園/莊峻華

巴黎散步用公園/莊峻華

我在尋找巴士底監獄廢墟中，走上巴黎散步用公園，公園開始於巴士底歌劇院

尾端之藝術館，架高十公尺，狹窄公園，可以通到維欣尼斯公園，我幾乎走畢

全程4.7公里，2.9哩路，我固不知其內容，一直到剛才查谷歌，始知詳細，原

來巴黎市政府，在1989年，開始設計，利用廢棄鐵道，開闢成為一散步用公園

，在1993年開始使用，有人在谷歌裡比較介紹，紐約雀爾西之高線公園，也是

廢棄輸肉鐵道，改成花園，一哩長，我去參觀過，要感謝布魯克林之黃再添兄，

台北市長柯醫師來紐約，也去拜訪過，巴黎先創於紐約。

我很喜歡賞花，巴黎正值春天，許多玫瑰花，園丁們也在忙碌中，我也看到幾株

，不知名稱之櫻花，當然不若倫敦和都柏林公園之顯赫，玫瑰花有些獨特美麗，我

有特寫留念，也有細竹林，拱門型火車通道，上面就是各街道之路橋，在散步用道

上，上上下下，可以欣賞巴黎建築之美觀。有些地方有錦繡綠地，市民在綠地上晒

日唸書，我在小鎮水果店，買四分一塊西瓜解渴，公園內有廁所，離開公園後，開

始面對如廁問題。

相機電池耗盡，於是出公園，找到一市立瑞利體育館，管理讓我在其桌插電，我就

在樓上看樓下，男女學生手球體育課，出館後拍攝前門留念，今日根據瑞利館大名

找出散步用公園大名，地圖方向。瑞利有一植物園，我不久留，繼續前行，一直到

公園盡頭，有一段尚未完工，我走出公園，然後就在市區流浪，終於看到維欣尼斯

公園，公園很巨大，今天始知內有皇宮，公園內有很多美麗花朵，有天鵝湖，動物

園就在隔壁不遠，此地已經是巴黎郊區。

我因為西瓜，加上廁所不便，所以急著解決，後來隨便搭一巴士，來到熱鬧街上，

看到一麥當勞店下車，問題於是乎解決矣。

Searching for the remain of Bastille Fortress/Carlos Pueblo

Searching for the remain of Bastille Fortress/Carlos Pueblo

I saw the traffic sign to Bastille when I got off Chatelet Station on my walk to

Louvre Palace. I reminded myself to come back to visit the site of Bastille Prison

during the great French Revolution. I love history especially its story beyond the

textbook and now I even have had the opportunity to visit the place. The next

morning after the visit of the Avenue Champs-Elysees, I took the subway to Bastille

Station for a visit. I had been informed several times that the Fortress site had been

torn down and built a huge opera house yet I still liked to find the site of small remain

of the Fortress. I didn’t think that the French authority would ignore such historical

significance and I was almost wrong. I found a small Chinese vegetarian restaurant for

lunch and the employees of that restaurant had no idea of what I talked about. During

my school time early in my life, I had to recite this piece of history and answered correctly

in order to pass the schools entrance examinations.

Those of us who love history always like to visit the historical sites such as battlefield and

memorial etc. One day I did pass by Bastille again and I wondered in front of the opera house

for some time and still had no clue of the remain of prison site and I almost gave up searching

idea until one day. I ran into three fellow Taiwanese tourists at the stair of Stalingrad Station

on my way back to the city from Montmartre. One of the lady told me that indeed there was

indeed a small remain site inside a small park near the original site of the Fortress. I went back

to Bastille to locate such small park. A gentleman in a gated office behind the opera house escorting me out of the gate and pointed the opera house and said that was the prison site. I

was still not giving it up. I walked down to the street away from the opera house and tried to

locate such small remain site and I found the famous Promenade Plantee.

There are many restaurants across the Bastille square from the opera house. On my 4^th visit of

Bastille, I asked several restaurant waiters about the remains of the old fortress. They pointed

a kiosco magazine owner who was the Bastille native. He told me to ask the subway employee

inside the station. I got the correct answer from a second person referred by the first one. The

memorial site is on the wall of line 5 toward Bobigny-Pablo Picasso Station. I did find the site on

a piece of wall with some stones and illustrations. The Fortress was built to protect Paris from the British invasion and later was converted to a prison for the dissidents. When the riot broke

out, there were only seven prisoners in it. The rioters, or the revolutionary, were mainly for the

the weapons and ammunition. It was on 14^th day of July, 1789.

It is the Bastille Day, 07/14, international day of celebration for the start of human right movement. France since then has been tampered so many years with numerous wars until

the end of World War II. I checked on Google France after Napoleon, French people have

been suffered a lot.

尋找巴士底監獄/莊峻華

尋找巴士底監獄/莊峻華

我在首次步行羅浮宮，就看到巴士底市路標，正想步行參觀，尋找

巴士底監獄，法國大革命之聖地，從小喜歡歷史故事，故事來自多

方面，先父面諭，小學博學先生，高中歷史老師，巴士底監獄，儲

藏武器彈藥，所以革命者攻下，武裝起義，影響世界歷史。凱旋門

行翌日，搭地下鐵到巴士底市，巴市已經是巴黎市中心，車站前有

廣場，車水馬龍，有人和我一般，為監獄而來，一對西班牙語系老

夫婦點頭說是，我問監獄，他們仍然說是，指著說明牌，於是我開

始展開詢問，原來監獄已經拆除，新建一大歌劇院，果然有說明在

歌劇院前，但我仍舊不相信，拆得一一乾二淨，毫不留情，於是我

一直到中餐廳午餐，再問年輕中國店侍者店家，均不知我所云，於

是我自他去。

喜歡歷史者，自然喜歡憑弔古戰場，一次路過，走到巴市，又在車

站前徘徊許久，仍無監獄頭緒，正待放棄尋找念頭。一日拜訪蒙馬

特聖心大教堂，回程在史達林格勒站換車，遇見台南來三位，自由

行女同鄉，蒙告知巴市有留下一些舊石塊紀念監獄暴動，說是在一

小公園內，和網路介紹相仿，於是我又專程巴市，問到歌劇院後面

一門禁辦公室，內主事為我熱誠感動，特別送我到門口，說是歌劇

院，就是巴士底監獄，我仍舊不死心，繼續巡找附近小公園，我確

實找到一狹長公園，從 巴市附近開始，約步行五哩路。

第四次專程再訪巴市，開始詢問餐廳侍者，經過幾人，結論是對面

雜誌報紙攤老板，是位老巴士底人，老板指導我到地下鐵辦公室詢

問，果然問出所以然，原來監獄紀念石塊，置放於五號地下鐵，開

往巴畢格尼畢加索站月台牆角壁，有英文說明，當年興建巴士底堡

，是防禦英軍入侵，後來改成監獄，囚禁異議者，暴動時監獄只有

七名囚犯。

1789年七月十四日，是巴士底日，法國國慶日，全世界人權運動之

開始，法國從此歷練不斷，許多戰爭，一直到二戰結束，人民始得

喘息七十年，我因旅行遊記，查閱谷歌字典，拿破崙後之法國，法

國真是歷盡滄桑。

Walking down to Avenue des Champs Elysees/Carlos Pueblo

Walking down to Avenue des Champs Elysees/Carlos Pueblo

I have had a warm feeling when I review the photos of Paris. I took No 7

subway line to Chatelet station on the west bank of the Seine, Musee du

Louvre was right in front of the station. I was so excited that finally I had

reached such a famous palace in the world. Suddenly, the famous movie,

Les Trois Mousquetaires by Alexandre Dumas, came back into my mind.

The Musketeers inspection ground by Louis XIII is still there and the Palace

Has been converted to a museum ever since a King moved to the Versailles

Chateau. The crystal pyramid is one addition and most of all still maintains

in excellent condition. A large garden is adjacent to the palace with pretty

flowers in my favorite and the immediate neighbor is the Concord Square.

The Avenue  des Champs Elysees is on between two Arcs, Arc de Triomphe

Carousel and Arc de Triomphe del’Etoile current day renamed to de Gaulle

Etolle.

I walked entire 1.18 miles, 70 meters width Avenue on both sides. First, I was

enjoy the luxury garden dwelling on the west side north bound, I wonder who

are those residents, later generation of previous royalty , government executives

, or rich business family. They are very gracefully built, managed, and blossom

In the spring of Paris. I could only name two kinds of flowers, roses and turnips,

and the rest colorful were beautiful yet unknown or could not be named by me.

It is very considerate of Paris to provide benches in front of the dwelling gardens

for visitors to sit.

In order to keep my good memory, I walked around the Arc and took pictures of

every corner. There were many visitors from all over the world especially those

nations with some kinds relationship with France. I walked back toward the Louvre

on the east side toward south. There are more commercial building on this side and

I could see the Eiffel Tower clearly which would be my next visit target place.

Both Arc architectures were Napoleon’s idea. Under his tenure of French empire,

France expended and he liked to make his future generation aware of it. I think that

I have learned some more French history by this visit of Paris and a better picture of

the European past and now. France and the Europe have been in peace for more than

70 years.

巴黎逛街/莊峻華

巴黎逛街/莊峻華

 剛剛溫習旅行巴黎相片，一陣溫馨，我從旅店搭地下鐵到查特烈站，

這是塞納河東岸，然後就開始巴黎逛街。羅浮宮就在眼前，過去是皇

宮，現在是馳名遠近之博物館。從大仲馬之三劍客開始，路易十三就

在羅浮宮廣場校閱火槍隊，廣場隨著歷史年代，增加許多建築，水晶

三角塔，眼見雄偉建築，雕欄玉砌，但見法蘭西帝國風貌，有一花園

緊接，水池天鵝，許多顏色樹花，不知其大名，再來就是協和廣場，兩

座大小皇宮，我注意到者，為廣場上許多金屬雕像，金色加強珍貴，然

後就是香榭麗色大道，走到凱旋門，約是1.18 哩，寬70米，兩旁有樹

叢大樓和花園豪宅，我選擇花園豪宅步行，拍攝到許多花朵，玫瑰花，

鬱金香等，都是盛開。

我在接近凱旋門附近，一家麥當勞店，使用網路，體會巴黎國際知名度，

整個香榭麗舍大道，擠滿行人，興高采烈之各國旅客，許多人像是巴黎

朝聖者一般，親自體會法蘭西文明。一直到剛才，始發現兩座凱旋門之

關係，分別在香榭大道之兩端，都是拿破崙之想法，都在1806年設計動

工，小座卡多謝爾，在1808年竣工，上面幾匹駿馬，來自威尼斯王國，

蕾拖以列凱旋門，今曰戴高樂凱旋門，有小凱旋門一倍大，一直到1836年

始完工，說是為紀念法國大革命，和拿破崙諸戰役，我在兩座凱旋門，都

繞一圈，拍攝許多相片留念。

香榭大道西側北向，有一排豪華花園住宅，我不清楚住家何許人也？都有

美麗花園，春天更加漂亮，形容巴黎為花都，真不為過，玫瑰花和鬱金香

，只不過是其二，我所能命名者，有很多家庭花園，甚至有長凳座位，提

供休息，西歐春寒，否則我將在鐵石凳上嗑睡。

我從大道回走，東側南向，這是大商區，可以看到艾飛爾鐵塔，巴黎鬧區

，都在附近，都是步行可及，如在夜晚，更是熱鬧。

Visiting Reims, France/ Carlos Pueblo

Visiting Reims, France/ Carlos Pueblo

Paris Megabus station is inside of a park of the north bank of Bercy of the River of

Seine. I took the early bus to Reims east and north east of Paris. It is said Reims-

Champampagne which was attracted to me for the drink. Yesterday, I checked the

city on Google and found that Reims is inside the region of Alsace-Champagne-

Ardene-Lorrine. Alsace-Lorraine is famous for la demiere classe, the last class, by

Alphonse Daudet that I was taught in my junior high school in Taiwan. The story

was about the last French class of an elementary school after the 1870 Franco-

Prussia War, of course I was not aware of the relationship when I visited the

city neither of the war, Bismarck, Napoleon III, French Revolution, and of course

the German surrender of WW II at Reims, France.

The bus driver let us off at the high speed rail station, Garf de Champagne Ardene

TGF, it is about 3 miles from the city center. My strategy was taking the light rail to

enter the city to the final stop and walked back to the city center which worked well

for me. The train works as a street car and be on and off at each stop of your desire.

I remembered the key points on the route of this classical city of more than 2,000

years.  Residential and commercial areas are on each side of the street with the rail

tract. I was very impressed for its cleans and beauty. Most of the small shops were

run by immigrants who spoke English well and I had no problem to deal with them.

There was a kind of cherry blossom which we called it wild cherry in Texas and red

bud in Washington, D.C. area. Wild cherry is not a kind of cherry and that is why I

actually do not like it. I call it Confucius hate because he hates the violet color steal

the glory of the red color while the song of Cheng violate the harmony of music.

The wild cherry flower has a slightly pink violet as I think of.

I passed by and identified later the big church of Façade de Bacilica of St. Remi, one

Of the famous churches of Reims, yet not many visitor on that day of my visit. I was

Wondering if I should take the tram again and attempted to find a toilet continue on

 my way. I saw dahlia flowers in a flowers shop. I came to the rail road station of Reims,

a major hub of French railroad system. I stopped by a restaurant on the city center

square for my lunch and it was near by a golden statue of victories. Restaurants were

full and the city was very busy. I circles the huge cathedral, Notre-Dame de Reims, took

pictures on every corner for my future enjoyment and entered the church. Joan de Arc

is inside the church and outside on the ground, she is on the horse with fighting uniform.

The cathedral had been very important for the old French Kingdom for the coronation,

the prerogative of the consecration, were held here by archbishops and military strong

man and woman.