Paris Olympics 2024

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- segunda-feira, 22 de julho de 2024 13:24
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 33 m
- Mônaco Musée Océanographique de Monaco 43.730553, 7.42489243°43’50” N 7°25’30” E
Musee Oceanographique de Monaco
22 de julho de 2024, Mônaco ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
After the palace, we visited the Oceanographic Museum, which is also an Atlas Obscura site. We mostly focused on the aquarium. After we left, we realized we had not visited the top floor, which houses early scuba equipment and natural history items such as whale skeletons and a giant squid. I suspect I would have felt more of a Jacque Cousteau vibe had we visited that exhibit!
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- segunda-feira, 22 de julho de 2024 15:04
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- Mônaco Monaco 43.734928, 7.42187843°44’6” N 7°25’19” E
Jeff Dives in a New Country!
22 de julho de 2024, Mônaco ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
While we first arrived in Monaco and we were making our way downhill from the train station, Jeff's eyes were drawn to a pool with diving boards - the Stade Nautique Rainier III - so we walked towards it. When we reached the pool, he approached the staff there who told him that the diving boards open to the public at 2pm. I rolled my eyes and accepted that we would have to budget time for him to dive there, which we did so after visiting the Oceanographic Museum.

As much as he denies it, I am sure Jeff just wants to impress a new international audience. Listen for the applause in the first video!

After some pool time, we made our way back to the train station for our return trip to Nice.Leia mais
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- terça-feira, 23 de julho de 2024 09:03
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- França Nice 43.698162, 7.2570343°41’53” N 7°15’25” E
Jardin Alsace-Lorraine
23 de julho de 2024, França ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Our sightseeing goal today was to check out the Promenade de Anglais and take a dip in the Mediterranean Sea, scout out some Atlas Obscura sights, and explore the old town and port.

As we headed out towards the coastline, we made a stop at Alsace-Lorraine Park, which is also where we disembarked from the tram when we first arrived in Nice.Leia mais
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- terça-feira, 23 de julho de 2024 09:24
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Altitude: Nível do mar
- França Nice 43.694416, 7.26123843°41’40” N 7°15’40” E
Promenade des Anglais
23 de julho de 2024, França ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
We reached the shoreline soon after we departed from Jardin Alsace-Lorraine, at which point we turned left and walked eastwards towards the old city. Along the way, we did some people watching and we also watched the various Tour de France stands being dismantled.

When we hit the old town, we veered off course to do some Atlas Obscura explorations before we returned to the shoreline to take a dip in the Mediterranean Sea. The entire shoreline was rocky and it wasn't particularly memorable (or comfortable on the feet) but it was a good experience nonetheless. I especially enjoyed listening to the sounds of the rocks and stones hitting one another when the waves hit.Leia mais
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- terça-feira, 23 de julho de 2024 10:21
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 21 m
- França Nice 43.702724, 7.27964743°42’10” N 7°16’47” E
Atlas Obscura Explorations in Nice
23 de julho de 2024, França ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We diverted from our walk along the Promenade des Anglais to seek out three Atlas Obscura sites which were situated alongside a long green space that led from the promenade inland towards the old city.

The first site was along the promenade itself just before we veered inland. Named L'Ange de la Baie, it is a memorial in honor of the people killed in an attack on Bastille Day in 2016.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lange-de-la…

The second site was Fontaine du Soleil or Sun Fountain. Sculpted in 1956, the statue of a naked Apollo at the center of the fountain caused controversy. The sculptor had to reduce the size of Apollo's genitals.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/fontaine-du…

The last site was the coolest of all. Located at the end of the green space, the administrative offices of the La Tete Au Carree Library is housed in a cube situated atop a human head. The architect also described his work as "Thinking Inside the Box". Ouch.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/la-tete-au-…

While looking for these three sites, we enjoyed the park, which featured interesting play areas shaped like a whale skeleton and octopi, as well as a reproduction of the David statue.Leia mais
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- terça-feira, 23 de julho de 2024 13:24
- ☀️ 31 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- França Port Lympia 43.696342, 7.28347243°41’47” N 7°17’0” E
Port Lympia
23 de julho de 2024, França ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
After our dip in the Mediterranean Sea, we continued walking along the seafront until we hit the old port area. Along the way, we saw an impressive war memorial carved into the cliff, lots of well maintained old buildings, and some superyachts moored in the harbor.Leia mais
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- terça-feira, 23 de julho de 2024 13:43
- ☀️ 31 °C
- Altitude: 26 m
- França Nice 43.700853, 7.28008743°42’3” N 7°16’48” E
Old Town Nice
23 de julho de 2024, França ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
After exploring the old port, we veered back inland into the old city in search of lunch. We first walked through Place Garibaldi and then into Place Messena where we ate lunch at So Green. I had to have the Aloha Poke Bowl just for the heck of it. I'll give them an A for effort given that most of the people spreading the worldwide poke bowl craze likely have never set foot on Hawaii.

After our late lunch, we made our way back to our accommodation by way of an upmarket shopping district.Leia mais
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- quarta-feira, 24 de julho de 2024 09:28
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 23 m
- França Cathédrale Saint-Nicolas 43.70382, 7.25349243°42’14” N 7°15’13” E
Cathedrale Saint-Nicolas de Nice
24 de julho de 2024, França ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Our Mister B&B studio was located next to the Cathedrale Saint-Nicholas de Nice. Per Atlas Obscura, the French Riviera was popular with the Russian ruling class in the 1800s. In 1865, the son of Alexander II, Tsesarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich, died of meningitis on the site of where the cathedral now stands. After their son's death, the Tsar and the Empress purchased the land and ordered a chapel built on the site.

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- quarta-feira, 24 de julho de 2024 11:45
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- França Nice Ville 43.705608, 7.2626343°42’20” N 7°15’45” E
Nice to Paris by Train
24 de julho de 2024, França ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
And now for the main event... we're off to Paris!

Setting off from Nice Ville station, the SNCF train first travelled west for 2.5 hours on a normal cruising speed along the coast to Antibes, then Cannes (the beach was sandy there!), then Toulon, and finally Marseille. After Marseille, we turned north, picked up speed, and made our way to Paris Gare de Lyon in a little over three hours.

During the train ride, as I drifted in and out of sleep, I replayed my favorite album, Simple Minds' Empires and Dance, in my head. Released in 1980, Empires and Dance is a dark, brooding Cold War era album written while the band was traveling around Europe, well before they descended into commercial, bombastic irrelevance in the mid-1980s. The Guardian described the album as “A Mitteleuropean Psychodrama"; as a Cold War child, I cannot think of a more appropriate album to revisit on such a journey through Europe. Here is a link to the aforementioned Guardian article. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/27/a…

Arriving at Gare de Lyon, we transferred to the RER Line A to La Defense, from which we walked to our accommodation at the Mercure Paris La Defense. After checking in and freshening up, we wandered out for an Italian dinner.Leia mais
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- quinta-feira, 25 de julho de 2024 09:04
- ☁️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 67 m
- França La Défense 48.894119, 2.24886748°53’39” N 2°14’56” E
La Defense
25 de julho de 2024, França ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
On Thursday morning, Jeff began his official duties. His first order of duty was to get his accreditation and his competition kit. While he was doing those tasks, I ventured out for my initial explorations. I have been to Paris several times before in the 1990s, so for this trip, I utilized Atlas Obscura as my guide for finding weird and wonderful things in the city.

To get to the city, I first had to return to La Defense, which is a ten minute walk from the hotel. At La Defense, I marveled at the modernist architecture, including the iconic Grande Arche, and the expansive public space. While exploring the area, I thought of the video for a 1997 song called Stay by German DJ Sash! which was filmed at this site. Here is the clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrwi79HxaOw

La Defense also features one Atlas Obscura site: a sculpture of a giant thumb. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/le-pouce-gi…

We visited La Defense many times on this trip because we had to walk there and back to get to and from the Metro. On one occasion, we mixed things up a little by exiting the Metro one stop earlier. At that earlier stop, we found a giant chair next to a pool. We also took an alternative route back to the hotel, and we came across some unoccupied buildings and an artificial waterfall.Leia mais
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