Pete in Paris

[skyring]

I'm sitting in a tiny Internet cafe on the Boulevard Saint Germain, unshaven, unshowered, listening to BBC Radio Guernsey. Another three hours until the hostel opens and I can get a tub.

Luckily I had one in Hong Kong last night, but I'm still feeling tired and seedy.

Paris is as beautiful as they say. Had a poor introduction as I lugged my baggage through the metro system and up and down bazillions of stairs, but I'm feeling better now. A lovely printemps day, began at just one degree at Charles de Gaulle, but is now t-shirt weather.

Now catching up and preparing to release a book at Shakespeares, just a couple of blocks away.

More later.

Comments

Your updates are so much fun to read; it's like being along for the ride!

[gorydetails.livejournal.com]

Do you have much time in Paris? I went there some (er, many) years ago, primarily to visit the major cemeteries; actually got a hotel room overlooking the Montparnasse cemetery and only a Metro stop or two away from the entrance to the catacombs, so I was all set {grin}. [Pere Lachaise is the biggie and well worth visiting, but then there's a lot to see in Paris even without the famous dead people...]

Food's pretty good, too.

Re: Your updates are so much fun to read; it's like being along for the ride!

[skyring.livejournal.com]

Merci beaucoup, Gory!

Je suis doing mon laundry a ce moment - sans washing poudre because le dispenser machine, il ne marchant pas - dans le internet cafe next portre, where le keyboard est tres weird.

Le hostel makes like a vacuum cleaner, but je suis having fun!

Paris est un ville magique!

Will upload photographs comme I get une chance.

Pierre, avec le Froglais keyboard