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I met Laure in New Zealand skydiving. With a little luck and some coaching I found her flat in Paris near the Gare Austerlitz. Laure had just returned from a trip to America and her photography equipment took up most of the spare room. Her flat was so small that we had to take turns breathing. She is currently a starving artist (photographer) and gets lots of work from the music business. She was working like crazy to put together a demo for photographically enhanced DVDs...the wave of the future in the music biz. I took TBGS and explored Paris. Motorcycles are great in big cities. I could park almost anywhere. I saw the standard sights: Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower, etc. But, when faced by the prospect of another museum...even the Louvre...I just couldn't hack it. So, instead, I spent a great afternoon fiddling around on the Eiffel Tower. I could see all of Paris and didn't have to fight the traffic. So much for culture. We had dinner at Emmanuel's flat. Emmanuel traveled with Laure when she came to visit me in Thailand. She cooked a great meal. We had some good French wine and I uploaded photos to my website (Laure has a Mac). I could have spent several days in Paris but I'm beginning to feel the pressure of time. Europe may look small on the map but it expands as you ride. I pitched my tent on the way to Germany at a small country auberge. Laure said it would never happen but, since they were remodeling they were gracious enough to let me camp. Traveling through France east of Paris and toward Germany was interesting. I decided to take a short cut and ran into the Maginot Line. I looked for a road but, somehow, I don't think it is supposed to be easy to get through the border there. |
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