Day 2

Yesterday evening I played boardgames with my couchsurfing host, his girlfriend and his roommate. I won the second game, but only because they were being polite :)

This morning I woke up, checked my watch and was pleased to see it was only 9 a.m. My host bid me good morning, told me I'd slept a lot, and asked me what I was planning to do today. I said I was thinking of walking to the other side of the river, where there is a university area. I asked him what he thought and he said, "Well you might not see much there at night." I tried react smoothly to his bizzare response by commenting on how dark it was outside. He looked at me flatly and said, "It's 5 p.m."

So there you go, my first real day in Paris and I'd slept right through it. I went out to walk around anyway. Paris is gorgeous at night. They love their neon lights and flashy signs here. There are also random carrousels scattered around town, which you can see in the pictures.

I ate dinner in a Chinese place, once again avoiding the brasseries full of men. There are lots of cool asian restaurants here - you can buy the food by weight from counter displays, so you can get as much you want of what you want. But I had soup because it's coooold. Remind me why I'm not backpacking in the Amazon? Oh yeah, bugs.