Today's agenda was fairly casual. After the gracious tour of Radio France International, I had planned on heading to Rue de Grenelle via a short walk through the Esplanade des Invalides.When I arrived at Invalides I saw a large crowd assembled on the lawn with large signs, loud chants, fire burning and flare guns.
My first French protest.
I was a tad hesitant at first, as I really just wanted to pick up a quick gift for my mother and get back to the hotel, but since I was the only one from the cohort on site, I decided to take a few shots. I mean the French did go through the trouble to set trash on fire.
I was a tad hesitant at first, as I really just wanted to pick up a quick gift for my mother and get back to the hotel, but since I was the only one from the cohort on site, I decided to take a few shots. I mean the French did go through the trouble to set trash on fire.
The demonstrators today were farmers from the agriculture movement. There were probably 400 people there. They were very vocal and seemed genuinely concerned with their cause in light of the fact that protests are a regular occurrence in Paris.
Andrew Martinez
Magazine Journalism
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