This morning I arrived in Paris. Those transcontinental flights are always too long and claustrophobic. Either I'm getting fatter or the aisles in the planes are getting narrower.
I was going to leave on 25 January, but moved it up a couple of weeks.
If you haven't been to Paris, make plans to go. It's an incredible city, with something for everyone. I would never be so arrogant as to try and describe what it is, because I couldn't. Paris is a different experience for each person. It's a city with some of the most interesting nooks and crannies that you can imagine. Modern streets abut alleys that are several hundred years old. There are restaurants, pastry shops, and bakeries every fifty yards. Yes, this is my kind of town!
I have never understood why Paris gets a bad rap on the hospitality scale, as I have received nothing but kindness. Today at the airport a man just missed his bus going to a certain section of the city. Instead of saying "Too bad, the next bus comes in 30 minutes," my bus driver followed the other bus until this passenger could make a safe transfer. But I've seen other acts of kindness this very day.
So it's a big town... but filled with people with big hearts!
-Joseph
