We took a train from Geneva to Paris. Unfortunately the weather was not good in Paris and it was raining when we arrived, although not very heavily. We're staying in the neighborhood Monmartre, which is on a large hill. It reminds me a San Francisco a bit. We were both tired but Yanmei wanted to go to a grocery store. I used Google maps and it found one only 650m away, 8 minute walk. It didn't account for terrain. We went out the door, turned right, “oh it's up these 60 steps”, so we climbed the steps, then there was a jog in the route followed by another flight of steps, then we went over the top and had a long steep road down the other side. The grocery was on the exact opposite side of the hill. Later I found one much closer and with a flat walk, but it wasn't on Google maps, so that is the danger of relying too much on technology.
Paris is a bit of a conflict for us. Yanmei has been here twice before and I have never been. If I had my way we'd stay here two weeks. There is so much great stuff to see and do here. Yanmei, on the other hand, wants to move on asap. I'll have to make the most of a shorter visit.
-David
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