cobblestone

Imagine “the incessant clack of cowboy boots against the cobblestones” that could have been, he thinks.

Clad in a blue blazer, black sweater and neck tie, Sarkozy walked down a cobblestone pathway where he was greeted by his children and a crowd of applauding supporters.

Kigali, the eponymous climb of Rwanda’s capital city, punctuated by a cobblestoned sector—Kwa Mutwe—so steep it was a chore to walk, never mind pedal.

Footage shared on social media showed the crumpled yellow funicular overturned on the cobblestone street and people running from the area as smoke filled the air.

It was just after 18:00 on Wednesday when a carriage on Lisbon's famous Gloria funicular came around the bend of a steep cobblestoned street, crashed into a building, and crumpled, an eyewitness said.