OK, I am back a little earlier than expected, but just for a quick second. I had a funny ending to my night last night. There were French cops EVERYWHERE at about 1am when I was heading home. I stopped as four of them passed me and took a pick of their backs (it didn’t work because it was dark and my camera lense decided to stay open too long) and as I was deciding whether to delete it or not I heard a tapping behind me. I looked around and it was another two cops tapping their trucheons & looking suspiciously at me. I told them what I did and asked if it was illegal to take pictures of cops. They said no & continued to tap. One guy asked me where I was from, then pretended that he didn’t believe me when I said Australia.
I ended up walking with them for a couple of minutes as they asked me more questions and politely refused to be in a picture with me. I’ll head out again tonight, but I have a feeling it is not going to be as big as last night. the 40 piece brazilian drum band outside my room at 1:30am was a nice touch though. If only they could have been my alarm this morning.
Tim Goldsmith 