Today is Remembrance Day in France, a public holiday celebrating the end of WWI. Nobody is working but me, or so it feels. The streets were absolutely empty this morning around the hotel, which was nice for taking photographs. I also got a seat on the metro and was able to read my newspaper, which was nice.
Rue St.-Merri is a street around the corner from the hotel. Here is a shot of that street from one direction.
Rue St.-Merri from the other direction. Those lights in the distance are one of the few cafes that were open. We had coffee there.
Further along Rue-St.-Merri, that is Centre Georges Pompidou peeking out at the end.
Public Holiday Benefits
One nice benefit is that the building cafeteria was closed today, forcing us outside for a good meal. It was nice and sunny out, though a bit windy and cool.
I took the recommendation of my French compatriot Gilles to order Saucisse D'Auvergne with Aligot. This translates to pork sausage with a side of mash potatoes. However, it is a special type of mashed potatoes in that they add in milk curd or creme fraiche and mix it together. It ends up being like mashed potatoes with melted cheese. Very, very excellent taste.
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Why were you working?
Well, Pops, they pay us to be here so they required us to work through the holiday. We pretty much only had the Americans, Brits and Germans from the project working today.
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