Rue Longue - 9
We've walked a little further down the street. I met a lady who lives at one end of Rue Longue and walks back and forth each day to her business, which is at the other end. I said I thought there'd had been great progress. She shrugged as only the French can shrug - and rightly so. The work has been going on, way beyond its original promised finish date. I believe many problems arose as they dug up the street - problems that couldn't have been anticipated? It's still supposed to be finished for the main tourist season but hey, we are in April already. She said it's hard with all the dirt and the noise of the work. I can imagine!
This street will be fabulous when it's finished and will breathe new life into the Old Town with shops and restaurants but you'd not want to be living there at the moment.
More tomorrow.
This street will be fabulous when it's finished and will breathe new life into the Old Town with shops and restaurants but you'd not want to be living there at the moment.
More tomorrow.
I try to imagine Dubai in 400 years from now! The problems of old age in our European cities...........
ReplyDeleteOh, and where would we be without that good old French warning "Danger of Death"? I notice that the European Union seems to have brought that to Britain. It used to be enough to say just "Danger". Now we have to refine it as to "Danger of What Exactly".
I think I would be in the same boat as the lady. Hurry up and finish. The mess of construction does give you a good photo though.
ReplyDelete"Danger of death"? This signal is frightening
ReplyDeleteI guess we can chalk this one up to the "no pain, no gain" variety.
ReplyDeleteIt shouldn't take much longer, with all the 100's of workmen we are seeing in all these great shots.
ReplyDeletePerhaps they are taking their jours de congés, or their rostered days off.
In any case the excitement is building as we watch the progress; even if it's taking a Longue time !
Awesome photo ... my eyes went directly to de Mort also!
ReplyDeleteil faut pas être un géant, sinon on se fait électrocuté ;o) et les travaux vont dures combien de temps ?
ReplyDeleteolivier, originally the work was supposed to last 13 months and was due in Spring this year. Now they are saying summer 2008.
ReplyDeleteJust like here in Portugal!
ReplyDeleteNice photo.
I was about to write the same Quintarantino wrote!! LOOOL!
ReplyDeleteJilly, merci!!! Moi aussi j'adore le Petit Prince depuis 1980 ou 1981, je ne me souviens pas... J'avais des premiers lessons de Français (a l'Alliance Française, a Estoril) et le professeur nous a donné un exemplaire. I immediately fell in love with the drawings and some years later with the story...
Love your phrase "shrugged as only the French can shrug". Having lived in Belgium I can see the shrug vividly in my mind.
ReplyDeleteAlwais beautiful photos in your blog. I frequent stop by in.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see the street when it's done. I love your photos! Thanks for stopping by my blog, Clubber says "hi".
ReplyDeleteEverything always takes longer than anticipated and invariably costs more too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for these photos, it has certainly come a long way since we were there last July. Your Monday photo was taken almost outside where we were staying. Not risking it this year, we are booked into a hotel in the town centre! Freda
ReplyDeleteWe will probably not make it to Menton this year, but maybe next year the street will be finished...
ReplyDeleteIt looks like quite a mess. I think this is a world wide problem.
ReplyDeleteI guess noone like the noise and dirt from construction works. There are a lot of construction going on in my country too. I have a quiz in my post today, you might like to view them. :)
ReplyDeleteDanger of death indeed! Spooky spot for the uninitiated I imagine.
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