{"id":3668,"date":"2015-11-18T07:30:18","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T14:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/?p=3668"},"modified":"2015-11-18T08:40:31","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T15:40:31","slug":"blocks-from-the-bombs-beautiful-canal-st-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/18\/blocks-from-the-bombs-beautiful-canal-st-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"Blocks from the Horror: Beautiful Canal St. Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Canal<\/a>
Near Villette at one end of Canal St. Martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The bombing and the shootings happened blocks from this, the Canal St. Martin. \u00a0We took a boat ride down the Canal in June – from one end to the other. \u00a0It was a ridiculously hot day but cool, beautiful,\u00a0and\u00a0peaceful on the water, with plenty of tempting activity along the shore.<\/p>\n

\"Canal<\/a>
Parisians relax on a lazy summer Sunday along Canal St. Martin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Described as one of the “new cool” Parisian neighborhoods, \u00a0it lived up to its reputation. Bankside restaurants were jammed on a Sunday afternoon, joined by\u00a0popup boutiques and plenty of energy.<\/p>\n

\"Canal<\/a>
From our boat, one of the bridges that cross the Canal: a great view for us, and for those on the shore.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was my favorite stop of this visit to Paris; so great to be in a place that really belonged to the locals and had that feeling great neighborhoods always do.<\/p>\n

Although the beauty remains, residents have been violated and punished. \u00a0It doesn’t compare to the violence and death inflicted upon so many, but it’s just so damn sad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The bombing and the shootings happened blocks from this, the Canal St. Martin. \u00a0We took a boat ride down the Canal in June – from one end to the other. \u00a0It was a ridiculously hot day but cool, beautiful,\u00a0and\u00a0peaceful on the water, with plenty of tempting activity along the shore. Described as one of the … Continue reading Blocks from the Horror: Beautiful Canal St. Martin<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,27,722,1917,9,78,1],"tags":[3575,3577,3573,3576,2897,3421,3574,472,2136],"class_list":["post-3668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-current-affairs","category-food-and-drink","category-nablopomo","category-politics","category-travel","category-uncategorized","tag-boat-ride","tag-canal","tag-canal-st-martin","tag-coolness","tag-isis","tag-nablopomo","tag-neighborhood","tag-paris","tag-summer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gBq8-Xa","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3668"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3684,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3668\/revisions\/3684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}