This morning, I am getting ready to go to work to my company's Paris Office
I take the Metro to La Défense RER Station
It is early morning and I witness the sunrise on the Parvis de la Defense
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| Christmas Markets in La Défense |
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| Sun Rising higher, and all colours come to a symphony |
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| Frosted Christmas Tree in a Frosted Landscape |
Arriving in La Défense Metro/RER Station IS NOT being there yet. I had to use Google Map on my mobile to locate myself first, and then to locate the office. The app served me right until it said Turn Right and all there was no street, just a LIFT (like in
The Doctor movie). This bizarre lift would take me two levels down to a street below the Parvis (plaza) - I had to pinch myself and ask a lady if it was OK to take this lift :P. After that, I had to take a passerelle-bridge to cross a highway - piece of cake :( - NOT - , and FINALLY Google Map said 'you have reached your destination', except I could not see anything. ONE and only one man turned up and asked me 'you look lost, where are you going?'... an IT company ... and he said: there are many IT companies is THIS building (below), so here I was, I finally found my destination. It took me precisely 14mns - Google Map was right.
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The Lift from Le Parvis La Defense to Puteaux suburb streets 2 levels below |
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Hot Desk with a View !
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The Office just like in Brisbane in many way
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The Neufchatel (Switzerland) office manager in Paris office for a visit gave me a Swiss chocolate bar (yes!) I also had a madeleine and a coffee (a choice of capsules and no milk option, sorry) |
I had a great spot near of window and my Brisbane office pass opened all the doors! - I had been told it would be the case before I left Australia but I had to test it myself to believe it! The receptionist was a lovely Australian woman, and I spent lunch at the Canteen The canteen was a shared building facility with a fantastic choice of cooked meals and I sat with my European colleagues (I should say since most were French but there were also some English and Italian people there) ... so multicultural, just like in Brisbane, and same wonderful open-minded people.
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I particularly like this picture - office workers lunch time at La Defense - it seems that the stairs have transformed in a beach under the Grande Arche de La Défense |
Today, I was still in Paris, but it was another world, .... and I liked it !
