Montmartre at night
“Que serait la vie si nous n’avions pas le courage de tenter quoi que ce soit ?” What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”
When it comes to traveling, safety seems to be of concern when strolling at night particularly for many women. It all depends on how safe the city is and there are many safe cities out there. Overall, you can walk in any cities in Europe. I lived in Barcelona for two decades and it is not uncommon to see people walking in the streets. I think it is all about getting a feel of a place and how comfortable you are with the street’s atmosphere. That’s what I felt when I first got in this neighborhood.
After walking for days in this neighborhood, it was much easier to navigate around without using google map at night. I think that is important, getting familiar in the place first, then you feel more comfortable strolling at night.
The restaurant partners stood up and posed.
After a hard days work in a restaurant and taking a breather, these restaurateurs were having a break and a chat at the table. As I was setting to take picture of the façade. They saw me and voluntarily stood up and positisioned themselves. I didn’t realize that the group inside was looking outside as well.
I enjoyed strolling and the scenes in the streets were quiet and that I never felt the urge to go for a drink and watch people passed by. I got the feeling that it was better to walk around and see the activities around.
Friendly young men hanging out.
While I was walking and holding my camera, these young men saw me and requested to have their pictures taken, walked away and enjoyed each other company. Usually, I don’t check my pictures until when I get back in my place; just enjoying oneself, so to speak. It could have been blurry, but I used a pretty high ISO.
I was just strolling along quietly and not letting people noticed me. I enjoyed watching people from the outside.
Each establishment has its own activity going on inside. Since it was last night and after seeing what was going on, I kind of felt that I could have gone out more starting on the first day.
Here was the night that I was just by myself. I enjoyed it and found it relaxing. I wasn’t drawn to go inside the bistros.