House and La Magdalene
There is a beautiful church in the middle of Paris- named after Mary Magdalene who is believed by many french folk to have graced their southern shores after the crucifiction and assention of the Lord. La Madeleine. It's a very popoular place for a wedding and beautiful flower vendors circle it's stoned perimeter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89glise_de_la_Madeleine
My fav. wedding gown shop is also found on an adjoining street with french designer wedding gowns at almost affordable prices. I almost went inside and tried some on just for fun and luck.
Last I was at La Madeleine I noticed that it needed a good scrubbing on the outsisde because it is in the middle more or less of a large traffic circle- so fumes and car exhaust pour over and around it constantly in one of Paris' busy intersections. This reminded me of the large City Hall building in the center of Philadelphia's Center City- which underwent a lengthy expensive cleaning with scaffolding that went up and on forever.
After the cleaning it looked positively glistening and is the pride of the Center City.
It is possible to clean these buildings even in the middle of a traffic intersection. I hope the next time I see La Magdalene that it will be clean and shiny. I wonder how many people would marvel at this spectacular church who now just dart through the intersection oblivious to the majesty of it were it properly thoroughly cleaned up on the outside. Just a thought to pass along to Sarkozy- vous avez lu ca Ambassador Vimont ou Roland?
http://www.travelsignposts.com/France/sightseeing/paris-sightseeing-la-madeleine
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