October 19, 2002
Paris Roller
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It was a little much for me, but I kept up. Though as we swerved down the huge hill from Trocadero to Invalides, the racing backwards-riding teens gave me a fright. Well, that wasn't the only time either. When a chain of 4 kids leapt off a staircase and practically over my head, that was rather exciting too.
Drizzly, the start point was at Gare Montparnasse, in the plaze in front of Tour Montparnasse. We raced down the middle of car-filled street along the boulevards to Invalides, up to the Seine, down to the Tour Eiffel, across the bridge to Trocadero. There, we hustled up the steep ascent, dodged tourists, set off down an enormous hill when we were probably rolling around 45 km/h. All along the Seine through the Tuilleries to the Pyramid at the Louvre. There our charming tough guy homo leader ("Allez! Allez tout le monde!") did one-foot spirals around the fountains in the plaza of the Louvre, in the moonlight. From there, we headed back East along Rue de Rivoli, mixing it up with the street traffic. I took my leave around midnight, as we passed Les Halles towards Pompidou.
Posted by amol at October 19, 2002 03:58 PM