Dan's Thoughts: Randomness

Sorry for the lack of writing, I hope we can still be friends.

Anywho - I want to say a few things that have been on my mind recently.

1. The Paris Metro is an amazing system. There are around 14 different lines and none of them smell of urine. Trains come very often, about every 2 minutes during prime time and no less then every 8 minutes during down time. I think Philadelphia has a lot to learn about this system. The one thing I could complain about is the ventilation/AC system on the unit. I am sweating every time I come out of the train.

2. Paris has an over abundance of doggie dung. For some reason, people hate to clean the stuff up. It's a doggie dung mine field out there and the casualty is one's shoe and dignity. As stated in an earlier post, the 1st time I stepped in dung was in Rheims, not in Paris, and that was a shock.

3. Speaking of Dung, please check out my cousins book. He has done a fine job. See the book (Dr. Stool).

4. Every morning on my run, I have noticed that Paris does some sort of reverse water drain thing. Basically, water shoots out of the drains in the street... probably to clean the dung.

5. A Jewish bakery opened on my street last week... very exciting.

6. Speaking of Jewish...

I went to the Shoah museaum last weekend. I didn't realize that Poland had the highest % of Jews in Europe at 9%. I also didn't realize that the French Vishay Government actively helped the Nazis round up the undesirables. Well, enough of that.

Here's what you see on the outside