Monthly Archives: September 2011

Trams are a cheap date. For the cost of one bus tour you can buy a week of tram tripping. Trams are friendly. If you get lost, they will always take you back to where you started. No questions asked. … Continue reading →

Today, I tramped across the 12th arrondissement from Place de la Bastille to Varenne-Saint-Maur on an old, abandoned rail line. About half of it is elevated on stone arches, the other half takes up the centre of streets, tunnels under … Continue reading →

You quickly begin to recognize European Palaeolithic country. It’s high. There are cliffs rising straight up from a deep river valley. There is lots of water and deep verdant vegetation. For at least thirty thousand years this is the kind … Continue reading →