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Reeds blowing in the wind, Kinderdijk, the Netherlands.
"The wind of change is blowing through this continent..." - former British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan.
More national strikes are planned beginning Thursday, as French citizens begin to absorb the harsh reality of pension reform. Read more about the rolling strikes that have gripped the nation here, here and here.
About a million people participated in general strikes throughout France, protesting President Nicolas Sarkozy's cost-saving plan to raise the pension age from 60 to 62. In Paris, hundreds of thousands of students, teachers, government employees and office workers joined union members in protest marches throughout the city. During my ten years in Paris, it's the biggest strike I've ever witnessed.
Rolling strikes are expected to continue indefinitely, as the Parliament vote concerning the pension age and other concessions nears.
All photographs taken on Boulevard St. Germain.
Bridge behind Notre Dame, Paris, its mesh siding peppered with hundreds of little padlocks and hand-tied messages of love and expectation. The locks are inscribed with lovers' initials and the keys tossed into the River Seine.
Quaint symbols of love:
these locks and their keys
yet no guarantees.
I'm not sure who this gentleman wearing traditional Japanese dress is, but he was kind enough to pose for me Sunday at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp. I like the expression on his face: a combination of humour, intelligence and pride.
More photos from the Arc will follow.
Gentlemen at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Sunday at Hippodrome de Longchamp, Paris.
