Small Buildings Need Not Apply: La Defense

I chose to do this walk because it was a very cold day and this walk was nice and short. Which in the end made me feel very relaxed so I had no need to rush from site to site which was nice and enjoyable. The first thing you see in this tour is the Arc de Triomphe from a great distance. The Arc looked very tiny all the way from La Defense but you still had a clear shott of it. Then the book asks you to turn around and look at the Grande Arche. They are serisouly a contrast but still have a common basic structure. The architect Otton Von Spreckleson said " an open window to the world with an eye to the future... a modern arc de triomphe built to honor the triumph of humanity." That quote really helped me to appreciate this structure. It is the perfect way to show that Paris can bring in extremely modern architecture by still having meaning that goes back centuries.

But on the other hand to me the building looked like a big ride and I just wanted to play on the tent in the bottom of the building. The next stop was the fountain called Fontaine monumentale d'Agam. This fountain was very colorful and intresting, it really went well with the rest of the modern atmosphere. In the book it says it dances to music but I didn't get to see it so that means I will have to head back.

The next memorable part of this walk would have to be the Thumb...oh dear. I was totally creepd out by this. It really did look like a shriveled up thumb, and because it was raining it was a old wet shriveled thumb. Which is kinda my worst nightmare. But once again it was another interesting thing to see, and I feel that seeing that thumb has made me more unique. Then the tour suggested that we shop so we shopped till we dropped.

I did enjoy this tour because it was a change in scenery, but it looked like any other city. The best part about Paris is how truly unique and rich the architecture is. Modern buildings are not very rich and unique anymore since so many cities have them. My final diagnosis is that I would recommend this to someone... which I normally don't say so I guess overall it was good.