Escape to myself

Paris is warm and sunny this evening and in the Place de la Republique an impromptu swing session is underway. There are skateboarders and kids kicking a football about; it lifts the spirts. Art Galleries in the Rue Turenne have private views spilling people with their wine onto the pavements. The cafes are full as people have dinner. Why isn’t England like this. It’s so relaxed and ordinary.., just people taking taking their ease and enjoying life.

I’ve checked in the hostel and I’m walking by the Seine … it’s almost sunset … it’s vital, full of students enjoying the dusk by the river.