Through sun and rain, there will always be Paris

Talking of home, and of statues, the Spaniard, with the sneer-smile but impeccable manners, was at hand to take over the torch from Zinedine Zidane, that other human installation France has erected, in an opening ceremony symbolism that spoke volumes. The French, with their avant garde thought and fearlessness to express, may just have attempted the most outrageous pageantry with their aqua-tableau over the Seine Friday.