Straight from Paris!

E-mail to my colleagues in India. Copy pasting it!
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Hello all,

I know you are looking for some news and updates from France. Ok here it is straight from the capital of France, Paris.

Alright, the highlghts first:
- PARIS, by far the most beautiful place I have ever seen.
- Juliet said France is famous for wine, women and one more thing. I do not know about the other two, but the women are certainly beautiful. Sorry they are really really pretty. Believe me!

Now the details.
Our first day had been a memorable one. When pilot announced that we were about to reach Paris it was about 7:15AM. The immigration officers did not create any problems. When we thought we will buy some duty free liquor we were already out of the airport. So it started with a flop show. Matthieu was about to pick us up at 8:35 but he was a bit late. Till then we're enjoying our first glimpse of the city.

We drove down to the hotel only to realize that the room booked for us was not yet ready for occupation. The hotel receptionist asked us to roam around till then. Matthieu was determined to make our first day a good one.
So he took us to a place called Basillica church near the hotel. That place was really good. It was a huge building built between 1875-1914 and it is on top of Paris. We could see most of the city from that place including the Eiffel tower. Then we went back to the hotel, got freshened up and by the time we came out Matthieu had bought the city map, metro map (MRT or local train in other words) and a week's metro tickets for both of us. This costed us 30 EUROs!!! Do not try to convert it to rupees!

Matthieu then took us for a drive around the city and dropped us in one place for us to discover the rest and returned home. He had to catch up with his girlfreind's parents.

We were on our own in a place we didn't know anything about and a place we couldn't even communicate. By this time we'd realized that the women were really beautiful. More than that it's the way they carry themselves. That makes them stand out in the crowd. They are extremely fashionable. You can see best of the fashion in the streets of Paris.

Ok, I'll stop here about the women. If I had not started with this subject I am sure some of you wouldn't have read this e-mail;) So let's look at the remaining interesting facts.

Certainly there is life and excitement here. People jump signals. If you want to take a U turn from the extreme left or right, you don't have to show a hand also. Just go ahead and take the turn. Nobody will stare at you or no police will catch you. It's part of life. You want to throw a cigarette bud, no issues, throw where ever you want. You don't have to look like a thief to do that! When you are in a hurry, you don't have to follow the traffic rules. You can stop the flowing traffic and make your way. Same like Chennai!!

Let's return back to our favourite subject...girls!
Have you ever seen girls wearing bikini's in public parks? Atleast I had not seen. After our lunch, Betty and Gaelle took us for a walk to the nearby park. People were sleeping, sun-baths, games and most important, most of the women were in bikini's!! All this on a Monday afteroon.

Among other things, I found a clone of our bullock cart on the streets of Paris. Wondering what it is? (Sorry Sridhar, please blame Juliet)Fiat Uno.
Small cars are a big craze here. If you think Reva is a small car, then there are smaller cars than that too. In fact you can find cars half the size of a Reva.

People enjoy their lives here. There is originality. France and French people have a history unlike most of the other western countries and Singapore ;) Probably that's the reason why they feel French is superior to English. They don't feel sorry when they can not speak English (he he he ... unlike Indians).

Last but not the least. Everything is damn expensieve here. 6 pieces of meat and 2 fried pototoes will cost you 14 EUROS. One film role will cost you 10 EUROS!!

That's all I have for now. More to come later. Till then have a good day and enjoy!
-subbu