tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post8333346086673494272..comments2024-03-17T18:23:38.257+01:00Comments on Invisible Paris: A No Horse TownAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-37588954699205799962008-12-12T15:20:00.000+01:002008-12-12T15:20:00.000+01:00Nathalie - it's almost comforting in a way to thin...Nathalie - it's almost comforting in a way to think that if it all goes to the wall, or if petrol runs out, everything is already in place in the city to bring back the horse.<BR/><BR/>For the 'Traverser au Pas' sign, I was standing in front of it thinking 'this can only refer to horses can't it'. It was an assumption not based on knowledge but on the 'au pas, au trot, au galop' game played with Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-57248754820066842182008-12-12T14:52:00.000+01:002008-12-12T14:52:00.000+01:00You never know what recession can do to city life....You never know what recession can do to city life. Maybe we'll get to see a drastic change in our ways, but I tend to see it more on the bicycle side...<BR/><BR/>I love the little traces you picked...Nathalie H.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-92140167686477969492008-12-12T12:05:00.000+01:002008-12-12T12:05:00.000+01:00Being said to be 'complete' by you Peter is a comp...Being said to be 'complete' by you Peter is a compliment indeed!<BR/><BR/>Your link didn't work, but I managed to track down your post - and the metal post! I wasn't aware of it, and neither was I aware of those courtyards. I think there are many horse related items scattered around the city, which have been absorbed into more modern uses. Perhaps a horse would be able to track them down, like a Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-38706638843369764872008-12-12T11:21:00.000+01:002008-12-12T11:21:00.000+01:00Once again, so complete and interesting!Did you ev...Once again, so complete and interesting!<BR/><BR/>Did you ever see another horse-reminding object in the Cour de Rohan (to be reached from Cour de Commerce Saint André)? A “pas-de-mule” or “montoir” (horse-block?), obviously the only one remaining in Paris. It was supposed to help especially ladies to mount the horse. (http://peter-olson.blogspot.com/2008/02/)PeterParishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-50901970434835698042008-12-11T21:00:00.000+01:002008-12-11T21:00:00.000+01:00we still have a few "hitching posts" and stone tou...we still have a few "hitching posts" and stone toughs left in Nyack but then we were until the automobile came, considered "way out in the country"Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459620834878853588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-14368905050165736202008-12-11T20:59:00.000+01:002008-12-11T20:59:00.000+01:00The theme song (in my head) to this post is Yves M...The theme song (in my head) to this post is Yves Montand singing Le Cocher de Fiacre. <BR/><BR/>lovely postSquirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459620834878853588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-10114893908097485752008-12-11T16:04:00.000+01:002008-12-11T16:04:00.000+01:00Alain - I had to check what an abreuvoir is! For a...Alain - I had to check what an abreuvoir is! For anyone like me who doesn't know what this is, it's a trough where horses drank. I did wonder if any such place still existed in the city, so I'll go and check this one out! Thanks again for your contributions.<BR/><BR/>Cergie - tes remarques sont très pertinentes. Parfois on apprecie cet isolement, mais l'hiver peut être rude, surtout pour les Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-58035126251290524702008-12-11T15:14:00.000+01:002008-12-11T15:14:00.000+01:00J'ai le tire bottes en bois de mon grand'père à la...J'ai le tire bottes en bois de mon grand'père à la maison : il était cavalier ! Cela allait de soi à la fin du 19ème et au début du 20ème siècle de monter à cheval.<BR/><BR/>Un autre facteur d'isolement est l'ascenceur : dans un escalier on se rencontre, pas lorsqu'on prend l'ascenceur.<BR/>Ainsi j'ai vêcu pendant deux ans dans un immeuble et seulement à la fin ai fait la connaissance d'une jeuneCergiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623905868861239570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-46603953080476105242008-12-11T14:56:00.000+01:002008-12-11T14:56:00.000+01:00Everything is in place, including the remains of t...Everything is in place, including the remains of the walk-in abreuvoir on rue de l'Abreuvoir in Montmartre.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com