It's summer in Paris and time for some sun. Many Parisiens desert the
city for the Riviera or Atlantic coast. Certainly that's the
preoccupation of the Curator in
Hubris. You don't think of Paris as a place for swimmers - those prickly,
impatient exemplars of fashion donning their lycra trunks for a lazy
dip just doesn't seem to fit and yet this summer a new swimming place on
the canal at
La Villette is having to turn away eager bathers.
Temporary
pontoons have been set up over the water and lifeguards are in place.
Paris authorities are now confident the water at La Villette is clean
enough to swim in and there are plans to open spots on the Seine to
swimmers.
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| Paris Plages Festival 2009 |
It's all part of an annual summer festival,
Paris Plages
(beaches) when Parisiens take their deck chairs and umbrellas down to
the embankment beside the Seine and sunbathe. The city also trucks in
some sand and creates narrow temporary beaches.
Here in
the land down under things are a little different, especially on Sydney
Harbour where many a sandstone cliff ends in a strip of sand where
people swim nearly all year round.
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| Camp Cove, Watsons Bay |
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| Clifton Gardens on the north shore of Sydney Harbour |
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| Nielsen Park near the Gap, Watsons Bay |
I can't see Victor Roth at Paris Plages but I have been thinking about the possibilities of this at a real beach.
He's definitely the South Seas type.
He's definitely the South Seas type.
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