#216. Travel Memory Photo Of The Day: Nothing To Eat

Apr 17

All too recent memory …

I spent the last 3 days in Paris, traveling through the nation’s capital for work appointments. And “traveling” is a nice way of putting it since every possible incident happened while on the go : delayed trains, canceled trains, accidents, wrong directions (my fault …). It’s not always like that, and it’s certainly not a reason to stay away from this otherwise lovely place. But … when travel incidents get you late to about every appointment planned in spite of meticulous preparation and considerable leeway, it starts to get you down.

A shut restaurant in a railway station, in B&W

La Cantina is shut (c) Pascal Jappy

But I toddle on, meet those I had come for and finally go home on the TGV (fast train) yesterday evening. Only to discover the 20 mile connection train is … canceled. In 2 hours, a bus will drive me home via all the little villages. Crap. I head to the station cantina, famished, only to find it closed. Bis repetita crapent. Ah well, at least my camera’s with me, hence the little souvenir.