Back from Paris

Just got back yesterday from a quick week's tour of Brussels and Paris. Hadn't been in Brussels since I was a grad student; in the interim, I've probably changed more than the city. In any event, there wasn't enough time for a proper reacquaintance, so a return trip is inevitable.

Paris was more of a working visit this time. Rather too rainy for comfortable strolling, but as a fallback plan sitting in a cafe or restaurant and looking outside wasn't so bad. My French colleagues were keen on Asian food, so we ended up at one quite decent Korean place and one decidedly substandard generic Vietnamese/Chinese/Thai restaurant. Given my choice, I'd save my Asian eating for other cities. The worst sushi experience I've ever had was in Paris -- absolute dogfood.

Great show at the Bibliothèque Nationale, but only for a very short time (20 May to 24 June): Trésors carolingiens, for which they've dragged out all the great Carolingian manuscripts which haven't been on display for decades, and which likely won't be out again like this for decades to come. Not much publicity for this, but a must-see.

Posted by David on May 30, 2007 5:23 PM