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Weekly Photo Challenge: From Every Angle

I love to snap photos of nature outside as my readers know but it drizzle down today. It would be a bit bad condition to take a pictures then I came up with taking these slightly wet images.

In response to the weekly photo challenge, From Every Angle by The Daily Post.

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La Pyramide Inversée

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Gizeh, famous for pyramids, is on my bucket list but I’ve never been there. Today I learned that there are more than one hundred pyramids in Egypt. The top picture is of course not a Gizeh’s but a so called the Inverted Pyramid, La Pyramide Inversée, in the Carrousel du Louvre shopping mall. Then, I’m wondering how many Louvre pyramids are there. I’ve visited there several times but I can’t remember exactly. At least two, a big one and inverted one? No. There are three smaller glass pyramids around the big one. Okay five. No. I checked my photo album and I found another very small one just below the top of the inverted pyramid.

201508-422ピラミッドで知られるギザは、行きたい場所リストに載っているが、未だ訪ねたことはない。今日、エジプトにはそのピラミッドが100以上あることを知った。最初の写真は、もちろんギザのピラミッドではない。ルーブル地下のショッピングモールにあるいわゆる逆ピラミッドである。そこでふと考えた。ルーブル博物館にはいったいいくつのピラミッドがあるのだろうと。何度か訪ねてはいるが、正確には思い出せないものである。地上の大きなピラミッドと地下の逆ピラミッドのふたつ?大きなピラミッドの周りには小さいのが3つあるから違う。ということは5つかと思ってカメラロールの写真を見たら、小さなピラミッドが逆ピラミッドの先端にあった。

By the way, in Japanese, a pyramid is pronounced mostly same as in English today but, in years go by, it was translated as “金字塔”, literally a-letter-‘金'(gold) tower, probably because the shape of ‘金’ is similar to a pyramid. Today, the words are not used for a pyramid and it means glorious achievement.

ところで、日本語でもpyramidはピラミッドであるが、かつては金字塔と言ったという。文字の形だろうが、その意味がいまや輝ける到達点のように使われているのが面白い。

One more thing. You will find an Apple Store in Paris just next to the Inverted Pyramid. It must be a good place because it’s easy for travelers to get there and the architecture seems to be fit their style.

ついでにひとつ。パリのアップルストアはこの逆ピラミッドのすぐ横にある。いい場所を確保したものである。無数の観光客が訪れるこの場所は分かりやすくて良いし、アップルらしい造形とも合っている。

 

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Today Was a Good Day

Last week I posted an article about my short excursion to the place of production of grapes, Katsunuma. Here’s another post with some different pictures.

Interestingly covers of the fire hydrant there has a illustration of grapes. I enjoyed some places including an old wine cave. It was a good day.

In response to the weekly photo challenge, Today Was a Good Day by The Daily Post.