I’ve settled in at my hotel/apartment. The sun streaming in, the pigeons, and the steam heat going tick tick tick woke me about 0730 this AM.

I went out last night because it was “only” in the 30’s and it seemed like a good time to supply the kitchenette with some breakfast fixin’s. I found a market that was open and was able to choose some ‘sept cereales pain aux’, ‘jus D`Orange avec pulpe’, and ‘2% lait partiellement e`creme’ and how do you say:::
S h r e d d e d W h e a t.

What an anchor it is for this country to be dual. I mean, we had to carry an extra flight attendant last night just so that they could get the briefings done. The simplest of tasks takes twice as long. When we stopped short of the gate briefly. The captain had to PA to remain seated with your seatbelts, once and then again. Although, if you were trying get current with your French or English you could get up to speed here pronto.