i don't see much of this back home.
one of the things that i'm constantly struck by in Paris is the architecture. the buildings. oftentimes, the outside of buildings are far more attractive than the inside. i need to remember to look up more.
although, looking down often is helpful in avoiding the little "presents" left by the omnipresent dog population...
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What I found striking as well, though it has been a long time, is how well old architecture is cared for. I know this can vary from place to place, but a few years ago I moved to a city that beautiful old 19th Century architecture that was in terrible condition.
Since my family has been in the "building" business for generations, seeing lovely old buildings in such disrepair in the town I was living in was not nice to see. My great grandfather was one of those people trained in the European tradition as a marble worker, who would repair the old marble facades and interiors of buildings, and his son took up the same trade.
I never learned any of it, since I am all thumbs anyway, and there is not much marble used in construction now.