Jardin du Luxembourg

At this point, Christina and I can consider ourselves second-phase tourists. We’ve hit all of the major tourist spots and consumed nothing but baguettes, vin, fromages, and expresso for weeks. And now that we feel comfortable in our new city, it’s time to start the criminal activity.

Marché aux Puces

Hopping the metro… At 1.60 euros per ticket, you can really burn through money riding the metro all of the time. It’s tempting for us since we are only a few meters from the Stalingrad station and only a 10 minute walk from two of the major train/metro stations, Gare du Nord and Gare de l’est. You can almost always find an open door in Gare du Nord. We also quickly discovered the technique of waiting for big crowds and passing through the handicap exits. It became clear to us after our last metro hopping effort that it’s only worth the risk on the fast trains that take you to the airports and suburbs since tend to cost way more than you can justify paying.

Métro Cité

Drugs… It tooks me a week to muster the courage to start asking people on the street how one can obtain some “shit” (pronounced “sheet”). And Christina was absolutely no help to me either, even though this project was her idea! It only took one failed attempt before I found a sympathetic young man who just gave us enough for a couple joints. So Christina bummed a cigarette, we rolled our joint and walked down to the canal. Christina’s courage surfaces when she’s high, so she decided we should join a group of people on the canal. They were exceptionally friendly and one even know a reliable seller of shitty weed. We’re still waiting for his call.

The Seine

Jardin du Luxembourg

Jardin du Luxembourg

Who is on his shirt?

Jardin du Luxembourg

Jardin du Luxembourg