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Sanders · 02-15-2021, 06:41 PM

I spent 24 hours in Paris on a whirlwind tour. I saw and did so much in that time, including an attempted mugging by a big African in a dress - except I turned it around on him and took his little gold-plated .25 and dropped it in the Seine. They had warned us about pickpockets, but not muggers.

Visited Notre Dame, the Louvre (literally only had 1 hour in the Louvre - had to run through it), the Flea Market (where they tried to mug me), Arc d'Triumph and the eternal flame, Eiffel Tower,and several other places including a boat ride on the Seine. The tour went to a fancy pFrench restaurant, and my buddy and I opted out and found a pFrench Burger King, then went wandering around and watched an American street band play Minnie the Moocher in an ally by a cafe, before rejoining the tour to listen to everyone bitch about how bad the restaurant was with the poor service, high cost, and terrible food.

aviator · 02-15-2021, 09:24 PM

I spent a few days in Paris, saw those places and took the boat ride too, I did not feel at home there, England, Spain and Italy I did, perhaps because of the language, I don't speak a word of French. On the way to Montmartre we had to take an alternate subway line, the one that would take us there directly was closed for repairs and when we got off the station it was a nasty looking black african neighborhood, I did not feel safe being the only man with four or five women, luckily we had no problems, the gypsies by the Eiffel tower did try their pickpocketing strategy but we were made aware of them so we chased them off.

aviator · 02-15-2021, 09:37 PM

Here is another from a closer place

aviator · 02-15-2021, 09:40 PM

The Sacred Heart Church in Montmartre:

02-15-2021, 06:41 PM	#31
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,457	I spent 24 hours in Paris on a whirlwind tour. I saw and did so much in that time, including an attempted mugging by a big African in a dress - except I turned it around on him and took his little gold-plated .25 and dropped it in the Seine. They had warned us about pickpockets, but not muggers. Visited Notre Dame, the Louvre (literally only had 1 hour in the Louvre - had to run through it), the Flea Market (where they tried to mug me), Arc d'Triumph and the eternal flame, Eiffel Tower,and several other places including a boat ride on the Seine. The tour went to a fancy pFrench restaurant, and my buddy and I opted out and found a pFrench Burger King, then went wandering around and watched an American street band play Minnie the Moocher in an ally by a cafe, before rejoining the tour to listen to everyone bitch about how bad the restaurant was with the poor service, high cost, and terrible food. __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

02-15-2021, 09:24 PM	#32
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,379	I spent a few days in Paris, saw those places and took the boat ride too, I did not feel at home there, England, Spain and Italy I did, perhaps because of the language, I don't speak a word of French. On the way to Montmartre we had to take an alternate subway line, the one that would take us there directly was closed for repairs and when we got off the station it was a nasty looking black african neighborhood, I did not feel safe being the only man with four or five women, luckily we had no problems, the gypsies by the Eiffel tower did try their pickpocketing strategy but we were made aware of them so we chased them off. __________________ "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Pesident Ronald Reagan

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02-15-2021, 09:37 PM	#33
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,379	Here is another from a closer place

02-15-2021, 09:40 PM	#34
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,379	The Sacred Heart Church in Montmartre: