19 September 2005

Smiling in the Parisian métro

Ça n'arrive pas souvent. It doesn't happen often. People are not happy to be underground, moving fasting than traffic and at a reasonable cost to get to where they are going. It's one of the reasons I'd rather bike around this city than take public transport. But this weekend, G., Tracey and I experienced people smiling for one hour non-stop during the journées du patrimoine européenes. Regular métro riders waiting on the quais and who were not expecting the 1930s train to pull into the station ressemblaient à des enfants en voyant leurs cadeaux de noël. C'est quand même dingue de voir tout le monde dans le métro en train de sourire. Si seulement c'était comme ça tous les jours...


CMP Compagnie du Chemin de Fer Métropolitain de Paris

Second class

station combat - pas terrible comme nom pour le siège du parti communiste...

wooden seats

RATP candy given out in first class (sièges en acajou, revêtus de cuir)

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