I lived in Paris for a couple of years. A good bit of it in different friends' apartments.
My parents lived in the 16th arrondissement off Avenue Foch. The McD's I was thinking of was on the Champs-Elysees and was quite the thing at the time, especially at the private school I went to eight or nine blocks away. Then we moved to a little town just outside Chantilly (yes, lace, and a chateau too) and I came in from time to time to visit friends, in particular a guy I met while I was in Geneva. They lived over near the site of the old Bastille. I eventually left home and lived in various apartments in Paris with different friends. I can't quite remember where all of them are, but let's see, one was up near Montmartre, another was somewhere in the 17th I think, on one of the boulevards. I remember that the nearest cafe was run by arabs and was a bit disreputable. There was a cafe in the 20th that had a couple of rooms above it...great place to sip a pastis, with a spreading tree out front. I spent a lot of time walking around the Latin Quarter. It was cool at the time to hang out at the fountain at Boul'Mich though becoming a bit of a cliche even then. I used to hand out flyers for a theater in the area, and wanted all through the Sorbonne putting them up... I also had a book about "forgotten Paris" or something of the kind and walked around finding all the places in it. Also spent a lot of time looking at Notre-Dame and at the book stalls along the river. I understand there is a highway there now? Anyways. I have been most places in Paris at some point, at least on the Metro. Took that circular line around Paris a couple of times, for the hell of it. Oh yeah, and my boyfriend did deliveries and I rode with him quite often, so I got to see a lot of the city. Dana > I dunno, but they don't look too good. Where in Paris have you been? > Whenever I think of McDonalds there I think of the one in the Passy > shopping area in the 16th. Ever been there? I miss that place. > Across the little alley is a Brasserie and I always get a sandwich > saussion avec biere Pelforth brun. (please excuse the bad french) > Then you can sit in the courtyard and watch the people go in and out > of McDonalds. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - CFDynamics http://www.cfdynamics.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:140100 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
