Notre-Dame

Admiring next week’s cover of The New Yorker portraying the rebirth of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, where The Idiot lived for ten years on nearby Île Saint-Louis.

From The New Yorker: “On Monday, Notre-Dame, a precious French monument and one of the most beloved cathedrals in the world, went up in flames. The blaze began in the attic—an ancient lattice of wood that was often called ‘the forest’—and, in the course of a few hours, spread to much of the building’s upper structure, including its roof and its spire, both of which collapsed. But the heart of the building remains intact, and Bob Staake, in the magazine’s upcoming issue, shows the light that shines through it. (“If history teaches us anything, it’s that out of flames can come rebirth,” Staake said.)…”

Posted on by Joel in France, Idiotic Musings, Rehab, Style, Travel, Weather, Where is the idiot

About Joel

Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."

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