Every car event we’ve been to this year has had one or two of the original taxis de la Marne on display. One of the big champagne houses (Taittinger?) owns one. It’s a great story.
Do you know the story of Anne of Austria’s pregnancy? She had been pregnant a number of times and always miscarried. It looked like there would be no heir, which always unsettles a kingdom. The king was obsessed with hunting and spent very little time with the queen. But one day there was a tremendous thunderstorm, preventing him from going out. There was nothing for it but to spend the day with the queen — and 9 months later the future Louis XIV arrived 🙂
Rosemary Kneipp
September 26th, 2014 at 9:26 pm
I wondered if you’d come across them!
No, I didn’t know the story ofAnne of Austria’s pregnancy. Just goes to show what a little presence will achieve!
Very interesting history of the taxi. It seems to me that policemen had their noses into people’s businesses since very old times, trying to “regulate” and control them whichever way they could.
Rosemary Kneipp
September 27th, 2014 at 9:32 pm
Yes, though it does explain the reputation of Parisian taxis!
Driving soldiers to the front is a novel idea!
Yes, it is an interesting concept, isn’t it?
Every car event we’ve been to this year has had one or two of the original taxis de la Marne on display. One of the big champagne houses (Taittinger?) owns one. It’s a great story.
Do you know the story of Anne of Austria’s pregnancy? She had been pregnant a number of times and always miscarried. It looked like there would be no heir, which always unsettles a kingdom. The king was obsessed with hunting and spent very little time with the queen. But one day there was a tremendous thunderstorm, preventing him from going out. There was nothing for it but to spend the day with the queen — and 9 months later the future Louis XIV arrived 🙂
I wondered if you’d come across them!
No, I didn’t know the story ofAnne of Austria’s pregnancy. Just goes to show what a little presence will achieve!
Very interesting history of the taxi. It seems to me that policemen had their noses into people’s businesses since very old times, trying to “regulate” and control them whichever way they could.
Yes, though it does explain the reputation of Parisian taxis!