Long Walk

I got up a bit early today and went for a long walk in a big circle. I probably went 4-5 miles in all. It's very nice out today, clear and not too cold. I find that I can walk almost endlessly without getting tired. Standing in one place isn't as good, but walking is fine.

I never had the chance to do the whole romantic Paris thing, because the only time I was here with a girl we had no money and fought most of the time. But I certainly buy into the whole beautiful Paris thing. It's impossible to walk for a block without seeing something worth looking at. Yesterday we went to see the department store windows for Galleries Lafayette and Au Printemps, the big department stores. It was an absolute mob scene. It's amazing I still have my wallet, and it was practically impossible to move around, but the windows at Au Printemps were really cool. We never got to Galleries because it was just too crowded, but the even there, once you got across the street, the lights were amazing. If you look in the other direction, you see the Opera house.

Everything's not that spectacular, but everything has at least some small pleasure.

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