Two million two hundred forty thousand six hundred twenty-one Parisians share a territory of 105.4 square kilometers, the equivalent of the entire population of Montreal regrouped in the eastern part of the city\u00a0between Pie IX Boulevard and the tip from the island. Already very dense, Paris welcomes\u00a0every day millions of people coming to work, study or just a visit.<\/p>\n
Parisians’ weeks are stressful and it’s not hard to understand why: promiscuous, crowded public transit, long workdays, gloomy weather, cramped apartments, few parks\u00a0… In short, nothing to smile about from Monday to Friday.<\/p>\n
And then comes Friday night, the time to meet with friends\u00a0for a few drinks or enjoy a head-to-head with your partner. For Parisians, the best way to spend Saturday morning is to\u00a0travel by train or plane\u00a0to another\u00a0European city or simply to\u00a0Normandy. Unfortunately this is not always possible, instead, Parisians sleep-in: the streets are practically empty\u00a0before 10:30 AM !<\/p>\n
While the city wakes-up gently, Parisians gradually gather in\u00a0parks and sidewalk cafes. When the weather is\u00a0good, they take their children riding their little scooters to the park\u00a0or take Fido out for a stroll. Meanwhile, the most politicised citizen among us, will take part in one of many demonstrations on Place de la R\u00e9publique.<\/p>\n
With no yard\u00a0to maintain, small grocery stores\u00a0close-by\u00a0and\u00a0small apartments which cuts down on cleaning time\u00a0(when it is not downright done by someone else),\u00a0weekends in Paris used to relax, unwind after a big week.<\/p>\n
I feel that Parisians really take the time enjoy the weekend and take a real\u00a0break, it seems as if they feel\u00a0no guilt in being\u00a0idle. Not being idle, would be a terrible faute de go\u00fbt<\/em>\u00a0! While I was still living in\u00a0Montreal, I had a more utilitarian vision of the weekend. We took the time off to do yard work, run errands, assist someone in the\u00a0family … And as I write these words, I realise that this is partly false because we also used our weekends\u00a0to go\u00a0camping in the woods North of Montreal or to spend time at our cottage.<\/p>\n Maybe the real difference lies in the feeling of communion between the Parisians who enjoy together the sun shining while Montrealers enjoy themselves seperately? In any case, this blog post was the\u00a0opportunity to show you some pictures of my weekends in eastern Paris at\u00a0the Parc des Buttes Chaumont and at the Canal Saint-Martin :).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two million two hundred forty thousand six hundred twenty-one Parisians share a territory of 105.4 square kilometers, the equivalent of the entire population of Montreal regrouped in the eastern part of the city\u00a0between Pie IX Boulevard and the tip from the island. Already very dense, Paris welcomes\u00a0every day millions of people coming to work, study […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[493],"class_list":["post-13001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-en","tag-paris-en","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.boeingbleudemer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/weekend_oisifs_paris-9.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boeingbleudemer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boeingbleudemer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boeingbleudemer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boeingbleudemer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boeingbleudemer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boeingbleudemer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boeingbleudemer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boeingbleudemer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boeingbleudemer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boeingbleudemer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}