Six years later, Christian's pioneering strolls now form a well-marked series of jungles treks through the surrounding hills, and the Led Zep has moved to a larger and less incongruous hillside location with Gulf of Thailand views.
In a hooded windbreaker, he strolls out now to tell a few well-shaped jokes about his kids and the difficulties of being a parent.
But at the area near the Republican Guard building, which is inhabited mainly by ex-military families, some local residents strolling the now empty and debris-strewn protest site said it was started by armed Islamists.
Where traffic used to snake and snarl, people now stroll, jog, bike and splash.
Visitors now stroll on walkways among beds of poppies, peonies, lavender, hollyhocks, foxglove and roses.
Couples now stroll on blocks where, according to the local police, crack dealers menaced passers-by a decade ago.
Men and women can now stroll around in continuous self-monitoring mode, using apps to track their changes of mood.
Heavily armed police now stroll the golden beaches of the French Riviera where, in Cannes, holidaymakers have been banned from carrying large bags.
After a year of relentless enforcement and community organizing, residents now stroll the sidewalks, no longer scuttling along nervously and casting fearful glances.
4 p.m. 7) A FRESH VIEW After a half-century of neglect, the 10-acre Villa Bardini Gardens (Via de Bardi 1r; 39-055-294-883,.bardinipeyron.it) reopened in 2005, and well-heeled Florentines now stroll its terraced flower and vegetable gardens.
