Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Separated at birth

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This morning I was in a weird mood. The sort of hyperactive thing where you feel like writing a novel, attaining fluency in an obscure oriental language, and completing a small photoproject on 1960s architecture before lunchtime. Why the hell I was feeling so active I don't know, I didn't even sleep all night. Maybe it was the cheap Cola?

Well I've managed the photoproject and have entitled it Jumelages fantastiques.

You are probably aware of the concept of Twin Towns. They seem to exist largely for the purpose of facilitating school language exchanges, as far as I can tell. Anyway. There is a suburb to the north east of Paris called Bobigny. It is, for whatever completely tenuous reason, twinned with the Portuguese town of Setubal. I have a feeling the Portuguese might not quite understand what they have let their schoolkids in for. Witness:

This is the Town Hall in Setubal.

This is the Town Hall in Bobigny.


There's not a lot more I can say.

posted by Timber @ 10:07 am   4 comments

4 Comments:

At 11:04 pm, Anonymous Anonymous opined,

I think the most apt twinning in the Ile-de-France is Saint-Ouen with Salford. Though Clichy with Merthyr Tydfill comes a close second.

Currently in Paris (well, Nanterre right now to be precise) and I really don't want to leave again. I'm more tempted than ever to move back, but sadly, the reminder of how much things cost here is putting me off.

Back to Barcelona tomorrow :-(. Still, at least I have a decent local football side now.

 
At 2:55 pm, Anonymous Anonymous opined,

What about the lovely town of Pantin, twinned with the random Italian town of Scandici, and ... Moscow. Think some muppet in the embassy in Russia thought it was the same thing as Paris or something. Oh, how he was wrong

 
At 12:57 am, Anonymous Anonymous opined,

According to the Wikipedia, Setubal is twinned with Pau, in Gascony.

 
At 3:26 am, Blogger Timber opined,

From bobigny.fr: "La Ville de Bobigny a signé une Charte de Coopération Décentralisée avec la Ville de Setùbal le 14 novembre 2003 en France et le 14 octobre 2003 au Portugal."

There you have it - not a Jumelage, but a Decentralised Cooperation Charter.

Timberblog unreservedly apologises for this unfortunate factual error and for any inconvenience, psychological damage, or death, caused to the reader.

 

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