Short visit / Kurzbesuch:

• Thalys high-speed train Cologne – Paris / Thalys Hochgeschwindigkeitszug Köln-Paris, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalys
• Jardin des Tuileries, http://en.parisinfo.com/paris-museum-monument/71304/Jardin-des-Tuileries
• Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, petitpalais.paris.fr/ / City of Paris Fine Art Museum, www.petitpalais.paris.fr/en; incl. Claude L’s painting: Paysage avec le Port de Santa Marinella, c. “vers 1639”, www.petitpalais.paris.fr/oeuvre/paysage-avec-le-port-de-santa-marinella / Landscape with the port of Santa Marinella, “circa 1637/1638”, www.petitpalais.paris.fr/en/oeuvre/landscape-port-santa-marinella
• Au Planteur, https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Au_Planteur
• “The ceramic ‘Au Planteur’ was an advertisement for a shop that sold products from the colonies, and the ‘aucune succursale,’ refers to the fact that it was the only shop in Paris to carry such products … What interests us particularly, as urbanists, is the extent that preservation is upheld in Paris. In the United States, these types of remnants … would almost definitely be removed … But is it better to erase the past, or to confront it in daily life, as in Paris? Perhaps a little plaque, educating tourists and residents alike would not be unwelcome …”, http://untappedcities.com/2013/06/14/colonial-remnants-paris-au-planteur-on-rue-montorgueil-au-negre-joyeux/