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18 August 1997 - last full day, spending in Paris, returning in late May 1998

Monday 18 August 1997

Bonjour mesdames et messieurs! Today the 18th August 1997 is the last full day of my time in Europe for 1997.  Because yesterday was a Sunday, I was unable to shop in any grocery store, record store or anything similar that was not along the Champs des Elysées.  One question - this year will I see the Stravinsky Fountains, or will I have to wait until May 1998?

One thing I forgot to mention, one of my adventures on 17th August, was going to Porte des Lilas on line 11.  I think Serge Gainsbourg made a song about Lilas, working as a poinconneur - here is a link to that song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CHHsd46rcc.  I ended up crossing the Peripherique and I saw a kosher store, that was closed on Saturday but open Sunday.  I could not enter the store as it had closed for the day.  I think it was about 8:30 or 8:45 PM as the sun was getting close to setting.

About 7 AM I woke up, took a shower and went down to breakfast.  Breakfast was just breadrolls, butter and the seasonal jam, thinking it might be strawberry - they used apricot on other occasions that I stayed there.  And of course coffee or cocoa.  After breakfast I walked to the local Monoprix.  I bought some goat cheese, lunchmeat and sweet bread.  Then I was ready to go on my adventure in the west part of the city.

At Ledru Rollin, I bought a two zone Mobilis carte orange.  I would not be able to use it for La Défense by RER but I could still take Metro line 1, and any other mode of transportation within the RATP zones 1 and 2.  I took the line 8 to Auber, changed to a line 3 to Gare St. Lazare, and boarded a Banlieu train, which in 2022 would be the equivalent of RER J or L.  It was supposed to go to Pereire Levallois, but I could only go as far as Pont Cardinet and take a shuttle bus to Pereire Levallois.  About ten minutes later I boarded the RER C to Champ de Mars for the Eiffel Tower.  I walked a bit towards the Champ de Mars and then across the Seine to Passy to see how many days until the year 2000 were left.  I would do something similar on Wednesday 26th May 1998 when I returned, so I could see how many days had passed.  It was a really hot day, and there were some young people, maybe 12 to 15 years old, selling water and soda, for 5 FF upwards.  At the time, the US Dollar was worth a little more than 5 FF.  I had my own water with me.  

I wanted to go to the Centre Georges Pompidou to see the Stravinsky fountains, so I took the M6 from Passy to CdG Étoile and changed to the M1, and then at Chatelet I exited to the shopping mall above the Les Halles station.  I was able to find the Centre Georges Pompidou, but at the time I did not know that the Stravinsky fountains were, if you were to walk towards Rambuteau station and the Marais, on the right side.  Just simply going to Centre Georges Pompidou, will not lead a person to the fountains, because it requires knowing that one must walk a bit farther east and then look right.  Well, I did not know about that in August 1997, but it was something that was corrected for my next visit in May 1998.  And all was good in a matter of a few months thereafter.

After my mishap at Centre Georges Pompidou, I decided to carry on to Chateau Vincennes.  I could take the RER A to Nation and change to the M1 for the remainder of the journey.  I did see the castle at Vincennes.  It has a building at the southern end, walls between the two buildings on the west and east side, and a chapel towards the north.  It is a nice castle.  To the east of the castle is where the 24th Regiment of the infantry is located.  It is similar to the Fort de Bicêtre that I had seen the front gate of, in March 2000.  

I left the Chateau Vincennes by M1 for Nation and transferred to a RER A for CdG Étoile.  Along the way, I happened to run into one of my former roommates who actually was a French national.  It was quite a chance meeting, seeing him on an RER train.  I told him about working the last few months in Munich.  We left at CdG Étoile.  I transferred to the M1 for Esplanade de La Défense.  I wanted to see the Bassin Takis and see if the lights were glowing, once again.  I also walked to the other side of the complex, to see La Jetée.  There, there were some similar light poles that had the same function as those at Bassin Takis.

I took the M1 from La Défense to CdG Étoile and had one last walk down Champs des Elysées, and even one visit to the Virgin Megastore.  I decided to just look but not buy anything at the time.  I probably should have, as there would be no telling, as to what the record store at CDG Aérogare 1 would offer.  I took the M8 from Concorde to Ledru Rollin, as I had to go back to the AIJ in the 11th arrondissement and pack up for the next morning's flight to JFK airport.  I had some gifts already, so I had to make sure they would fit correctly.  

So that was the last full day for 1997 in Europe.  Tomorrow is the big flight home.  Need to rest up and do what I can to make it to the airport on time.

Bonne nuit à toute le monde!  À demain!

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