Europe, After the Rain - a photo on Flickriver

Notre Dame, l'Île de la Cité, Paris, France

It's time to walk again
It's time to make our way through the fountained squares
And the collonades
Your dress is shimmering
Your voice is hiding things
When you say I've hardly changed
In Europe after the rain

When the nights are warm and the summer sways
The stained glass echoing
The blossomed balconies and voices blow
On a shining wind
Your face is shimmering
Your smile is glimmering when I say you've hardly changed
In Europe after the rain

When the nights are warm and the summer sways
In Europe after the rain

John Foxx, Europe After the Rain, 1981

But that wasn't what I meant at all. Really, I'm thinking of Max Richter's Europe, After the Rain from the absolutely stunning sequence Memoryhouse. But as the Max Richter piece has no lyrics, there was nothing for me to type. However, you can play it on YouTube while you view this photograph if you want. It goes quite well. The John Foxx song from 1981, when I was 19, meant nothing to me at the time, but the words tug the heart when I find myself middle-aged, on my own again and in Paris, looking at these young people in Europe after the rain. They're so full of excitement, so thrilled to be here. Was I ever that happy at that age, I wonder? And then you play the Max Richter piece.

You can read my account of my travels at pariswander.blogspot.co.uk.

Taken in: France / Île-de-France / Paris / Les Iles (show map)

Taken on: July 29, 2013

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