Paris VIII: à bientôt
11 September When Victoria and I arrived back in Paris after our day in Saint-Germain-en-Laye , the sun was just setting and the sky was pretty spectacular with dalmatian-spot clouds. We decided to head to the Champ du Mars to relax for a little while in the waning sunshine; little did we realize that thousands of others had the same idea. The screen at the base of the tower was new, and there were speakers blaring music and search lights scanning the skies as more and more people arrived. Clearly, we had stumbled into some huge happening - which is pretty consistently my story every time something interesting happens to me in Paris. Eventually, someone arrived on the stage in front of the screen to explain. From what I gathered from the speech (in French, bien sur! ), there was to be a spectacle this evening in honor of the efforts of hundreds (or thousands) of volunteers who had helped out an organization called Solidarité SIDA , which unites young pe...