In between all the Paris Metro stuff we actually got to see some things in Paris. The Picasso museum was wonderful.
And Place de Vosges was lovely in a quiet orderly way.
Stopped to buy some wonderful sweets from this lovely woman. Her name was Helene and she owned the shop. It was like being in a kid's wonderland. Every sort of lolly you could imagine and all arranged beautifully. I don't even like sweets but I wanted to buy everything. She let us taste the marshmallows flavoured with rose, lavender and raspberries. It was like eating fairy food.
Had a last meeting of the Paris Metro group and saw these wonderful papier-mâché sculptures in the foyer of the French magazine publishing office we were using.
The old Metroites wanted to discuss the possibility of doing a digital version of the Metro. It was a bit like the Blues Brothers putting the band back together again.
The security is full on here. All the publishing houses have bullet proof glass on their frontages and at least three security codes to enter the building as a result of the Charlie bombing last year. There is a general air of caution in the air and the military are everywhere.
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