A Paris Story - Part Deux

I decided because I was already out and about, I must make the most of the 18 Euro I paid for my jaunt to the airport. I was inclined to go see a movie.

My aunt had given me a brochure for "A Paris Story". I thought it would be the perfect educational way to get started in my seeing the sights of Paris. The brochure set my hopes high that I would leave with a greater understanding of the history of Paris.

I made it to the last showing of the day and was joined by two other American families. The film was in French, but there were headsets at each theatre seat for your language of choice. It began with a random bearded man (Victor Hugo, according to the brochure - is it terrible that I don't know who he is?) as a sort of narrator talking to a woman (it was about the middle of the movie when I figured out that she represented Paris). The movie covered the last 2000 years of Paris's history, but it kept jumping from history to present day and back again. It talked of artists, poets, war heroes, explorers, kings, queens, architects and others I can't remember right now. Oy-vey!

My assessment is this: had I more knowledge of Paris, it would be a great survey of the city. However, the artistic way it was presented was a little over my practical head. It was no PBS special, that's for sure. My consolation was it's location across the street from Opera de Paris. Isn't it beautiful?