Friday, January 7, 2011

What's Christmas without music?

One of my favorite things about Christmas in Paris was the occasional spontaneous mini-concert on the metro or train: musicians would play their harmonicas, or guitars, or saxophones for donations.  It was so cheering.  Once, there was an entire orchestra set up in the subway; otherwise-hurried commuters stopped and listened:


Similarly, in front of the Notre Dame, I came across a crowd of people singing (what sounded like) gypsy music and dancing wildly in a circle.  Knowing no one in Paris and thus having no reason to be self-conscious, I joined in. A unique experience:

2 comments:

  1. That's so cool! Did you take the vids with your camera? Blog is great, wow paris looks amazing.

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  2. Would people break out in dance like that anywhere in the US? Well, maybe break dancing in urban areas back in the day. Looks fun!
    I'm impressed that you know to load these videos onto the blog.
    I'm enjoying the blog very much

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