Post by Owen on Nov 11, 2020 20:30:15 GMT
1 ~~~ Paris Lockdown: Locals On How It Feels Different the Second Time Around ~~~
www.cntraveler.com/story/paris-lockdown-locals-on-how-it-feels-different-the-second-time-around ~ 10 November 2020 ~
"It feels more like a sleepy August day than the silent ghost town it was last spring.”
When President Emmanuel Macron made his announcement that France would go back into lockdown at midnight on Friday, October 30, my WhatsApp started chiming, one message after the next asking the same question: “What are your plans?”
Across the city, Parisians took the afternoon off and dashed around, running errands at dry cleaners and art supply shops. People terrace-hopped from one restaurant to the next, showing support to their favorite establishments while saying goodbye to friends who lived outside the limit of the permitted one-kilometer confinement radius. Our apéro, a pre-dinner ritual of drinks and light bites, transformed into a three-hour feast as we tried to soak up as much time before rushing off to our respective homes before the 9 p.m. curfew. We didn’t know what the new confinement would bring—but at least this time around, we had a better idea of how to handle it.
www.cntraveler.com/story/paris-lockdown-locals-on-how-it-feels-different-the-second-time-around ~ 10 November 2020 ~