nothing left behind...

So, Sal and I had a typical day walking through the Tuileries to the Louvre, and we see the oddest thing. Nothing. There is a section where it is completely empty of people. Which is quite odd, seeing this is a very popular area to walk, lounge, sketch, read... your general lovely sluggish area.

....................................................................(photo by Sal Darji)

As we look around, we see this...

...................................................................(photo by Sal Darji)

Of course this piques our interest! So we start looking around to see anything. Can't figure it out. Can't really ask anybody, because I don't speak the language well enough. Well, we decided to wait... and wait... and wait a little longer. And just as we got bored with it and we're about to leave, we heard an explosion. But it was a little odd... it echoed, but it was very deep and bass like.

So, we started trying to figure out what it was... and after hearing a few words like 'bombe' and 'paquet' and 'sac' we realized that somebody must have left their bag behind... so they blew it up.

Yes, this is very common practice here. You forget your backpack... they blow it up. Sack of groceries left on the curb... blow it up. Your Kitty Karry-All doll left behind... BLOW IT UP!

And it happens very quickly. The rope off the area, get the little robot out there, have the robot put the 'package' in the special box... and blow it up! And before you know it... they let everybody through like it never even happened. Amazing!


....................................................(minimalist photo collage by ME!)