Island Two

I spent the whole day watching the inauguration online and now I am pooped. But thank God for live streaming video! Similar to election night, the inauguration was covered on TV, but commentary was provided by French journalists, and the speeches were dubbed. And I really want to hear the words from the man himself.

In other news media, the inauguration made the front page of the three major French newspapers:

Libération, a center-left daily;




















Le Figaro, a center right daily;




















And Le Monde, the French equivalent of The New York Times where the inauguration shares the front page with the bank bail-outs.



















Obama's inauguration made the front page of France-Antilles as well:

In Guadeloupe;




















In Martinique;




















And in Guyane. Though its relegated to the small box on the right. While I realize that this is the inauguration of the American president, and not the French president, I wonder what made the Guyanese editors decide that some leaky pipes should be the top story?














Watching the inauguration is obviously not the same thing as being there. I am sure that if I were back in New York, I could at least share my enthusiasm with other fellow citizens. As it is, it was just me and my laptop. But, I was still so happy to see it, and seeing the enormous crowds of fellow citizens so absolutely thrilled...it gives me great joy. I didn't need to be there to feel that.