Worst View of The Great Pyramids
Story from The Guardian Photograph: Alamy
FAST FOOD HELL
France is in uproar over news that McDonald’s has tainted the hallowed ground of the Louvre. The chain has confirmed that its 1,142nd French outlet will open next month in the underground approach to the art museum. The Parisian authorities haven’t always capitulated to capitalist invaders, though. In 1993, they refused permission to put a McDonald’s under the Eiffel Tower.
Other nations have resisted the powerful golden arches too. Italian designer Valentino led a charge to stop McDonald’s setting up beside Rome’s Spanish Steps (though there are now two branches within 150m). So where else in the world might tourists stumble on an unfortunately placed concession?
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What a great story! It must be oh-so difficult for nations lacking public funds to turn down multinationals, but they really, really should if this picture is anything to go by. That said, I can’t for the life of me see what’s necessarily wrong with this image, given the Egyptian government happily make you pay through the nose to see the pyramids, AND allow this monstrosity – who’s worse?
I hate to contradict you, but France is not in an uproar about le McDo at the Louvre – the foreign press is.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8297365.stm