Sunday, June 22, 2008

Lasting impressions........

The things I'll remember most are the way people know how to really enjoy themselves and the quality of human contact is very impressive and civilized in such a big city. Pretty cool. This would be a decent city to live in, I haven't seen anything remotely resembling crime, women walking around late at night without concern, etc.

I also admit that the food just knocked me out from day one. Wow. That beef and veal tartar will be with me forever, as will the goats cheese salads, and the special "variation of salmon" (smoked, grilled, and tartar) served at Felicie. Yummy.

I have yet again been lucky with my trip: nobody was rude to me or cheated me or treated me badly in any way. Quite the contrary actually. I asked lots of people stuff on the streets and they all stopped and gave me very lengthy replies. Most of them were French from out of town and couldn't give me an answer, but we had a good yack.

These people sure are masters of sitting around and enjoying things.

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