My life in Paris just got much, much better. Today I discovered Velib. Okay, I actually discovered Velib when I first arrived (though it's new, so it wasn't running yet) but I finally got brave enough to attempt the directions today. Turns out the have an English option.
What it is, is free, communal bikes! You pick a bike up at one station and drop it off at any other station (there are stations all over). Work just got about 40 minutes closer. And the bikes have baskets on them, so no more dragging my stuff around hanging off of my shoulders giving me cramps. Only down side is the bikes weigh a TON (like, I who was hefting a way-too-big--for-me bike up and down tall train stairs in Swizerland without a hitch, could barely get it up a curb.) All of my pictures will henceforth be a blur as I whizz by the sights.
Tomorrow, Alain comes. Don't be looking for posts until after he leaves on Monday.
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