zondag, maart 30, 2008
Pariis, je t'aime / Ii have a wii
Last week I've been working in Paris, some days till 2 o'clock in the morning in a room without a window. But yesterday, on Saturday at last I got some time to wander around in the city. It was very nice weather, and I enjoyed it. First I wanted to revisit the modern art gallery (Centre Pompidou) but the queue at the ticket desk was just too much. I've seen the collection before anyway. So I did the quick and cheap way to visit a museum: I visited the bookshop and looked at all the postcards they were selling picturing their main pieces of art. Centre Pompidou has an excellent bookshop. I remember being struck by a photobook on 'post mortem' for example. At the end of the 19the century there was a habit of making a final photo of the deceased. Very touching and confronting in a world where we have hidden all reference to the end of life.I didn't go to the Eiffer tower because I've been there before, but I read there are plans to build a large hanging platform on the top of the tower next year to celebrate the x'th birthday of the tower. It looks weird to change the pointy shape, and I imagine there will be lots of people against it. But then again, most people were against building it in the first place...
On my way back to the hotel I stopped at a Virgin Megastore on the Champs Elysées, and there they had what I couldn't find in Belgium or Holland for over a month because they were all sold out: they had Nintendo Wii available! So I just bought one and took it home. I'm not a gamer. Actually, I hate all those point and shoot games. Long, long time ago I had my share of the at that time popular 'Lazy Larry', and the best game I've seen was 'The Incredible Machine'. (How nerdy is that :-) ). But I wanted a Wii because they focus on other kind of games, like games involving actual movement with their innovative motion sensor, brain academy etc. I just got it hooked up to the television yesterday (manuals are too long, not very clear) and it works. I'll keep you posted on my gaming newbie experiences.
Labels: eiffer tower, paris, wii
