travel

A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke rating: 5 of 5 stars If you are on your way to Paris, or on the way from Paris, or in Paris, or … nevermind… just read this book if you are associated, in any way, with Paris. You’ll love it. (If you are French, read this too, get angry, rebel and then revel in the glory! :) ) View all my reviews at goodreads.

“This is it! Its the final straw. We need to do something about it!” “What is it?”, you ask. I am sick and tired of hearing story after story of crazed authority figures, forcing rules upon the common man, rendering life to a boring, monotonous series of security checks and bans and fines. From security at airports, to self-righteous moderation aimed at photographers in public spaces. I am sick of it.