It's was on this trip, 25 years after that first visit, that I realized that this is an emergency exit graphic. I never associated green with emergency exits before I took this photo. Duh. My French is good enough to know that sortie means exit and secours means emergency. But I just never consciously made note of what these green signs are telling me. It's amazing how we tune out things in our everyday environment, even (or perhaps particularly?) when immersed in a different culture.
I suppose it's a good thing I haven't ever been in a fire! I'd have been a goner for sure.
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