10 Things I Hated About Paris

From least bothersome to most:

10. It was cold. (Usually between 30 and 40 degrees but the wind was killer.)

9. Things were far more expensive. (Our money isn’t worth as much and things were just more.)

8. Walking every where… in the cold. (Averaged about 6 miles a day according to Chris’s pedometer.)

7. Not ever seeming to have enough time. (When it was dark is was just too cold to do anything and we were exhausted by then anyways.)

6. Not having clean clothes for several days. (Stupid airlines. Thank goodness we packed a change of clothes.)

5. The wet streaks all over the sidewalks that had to be avoided because they were urine from some kind of animal. (Two legged and four legged)

4. The spit all over the sidewalks. (Seemed like everybody had to spit there.)

3. The poop all over the sidewalks. (Yuck! They didn’t have to grass to go on so they just pooped on the sidewalk and the owners just kept walking. Never even thought to pick it up, I’m sure.)

2. Not being able to look up as I walked because of 3-5. (I wanted to look at the buildings. Oh the buildings. That’s for the next e-mail. Unfortunately I forgot to always look down during one outing and j’ai marché dan la merde.)

1. The trip to Paris. (Especially Amsterdam – they confiscated my knitting needles with a work in progress on them but not the other two pairs that were in their package in the very same bag that they dug around in to take out the pair they took away from me. Now I have to wait until I can go to Austin and buy another pair or order them online. Oh! and the stupid drunk guy who happened to also be on our flight home from Amsterdam- but far more sober.)