View Larger As a YA-lovin’ fool, I had mental flashbacks of “God’s Thumb” from Louis Sachar’s Holes when I haphazardly wandered upon Le Pouce (The Thumb).
All hail César Baldacinni for this delightfully selcouth statue.
Beans, Baguettes, & Boulogne
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Indulgent carping perhaps, but the geometric cornucopia of squares and circles that comprises La Grande Arche is almost too photogenic.
View Larger After an hour’s 5 km march from the Arc de Triomphe, I can now check off that final nagging monument from my ever-growing Paris Fun List*: La Grande Arche de la Défense.
*actual word document name
