......whereisdarren this time??

In my ultimate garage!!!!

 Yay!! Mountains!!

 ....this was not a short game............

 ...so I had a feed :)...................

 ............how good was that!!!........

 .......great biergarten's too!!......................

............then back to my toy shop....ahhh.......

...........walking the town is best by far

Last month I found myself in Paris again.  Now I have visited the ‘City of Light’ many times and can honestly say I never tire of it.  Living in Europe for the last 10 years I am still nowhere finished exploring the continent but if the opportunity to steal to Paris for a night is there I would gladly take it every time.

My first visit 8 years ago saw me roll up to my hotel home at 11pm after arriving at Garde Du Nord via Eurostar from its original London home, Waterloo.  Feeling restless I decided to go for a walk, armed with the map from the night receptionist.  After a brief chat and some basic direction advice I set off.  This I planned to be an hour or so just to calm my head to get some sleep. 

Finding myself absolutely lost and not tiring of seeing what I would find around the next corner I arrived back shortly after 5am.   This seems to fit in with some clichéd American film takes on how best to experience Paris but I have to admit, getting lost, is an ideal way to do it.  You may not embrace the prospect of walking around any city at night but must admit, walking around Paris well into the early hours again and have always felt safer then London.

What walking, as any city traveller knows, allows you to get a knowledge of the land that subways, open top buses (why do it!!??), or ‘helpful’ taxi drivers will ever allow you to see.  Now I have applied this theory to cities as diverse as Berlin to Marrakech.  Some cities don’t always lend themselves to suitable self walk discoveries, especially when on your own, but if you get the chance, leave the tube, tuk tuk, or bus behind and go get lost., you may just learn to like it.