Paris!

Ah, Paris--the Eiffel Tower, the Champs Elysees, the Louvres, the traffic...
Spent the afternoon exploring some side streets and back alleys in central Paris, and found a boulanger/patisserie (breadshop/bakery) with nary a sign of another tourist and not a word of English heard. I had a delightful lunch that culminated in a slab of chocolate mousse on a hazelnut crust that was very nearly the end of me--I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. It was fab.
Water, wine, bread, chocolate, cheese--all cheap.
Pop--a friend paid @12.50 Canadian for a large glass of orange pop.