Wednesday, July 16, 2008
The belly of paris?
As we were trying to make it to this Spanish ham place in the 7th arr. we got on the 12 train but the wrong way. As we got on the train I spotted a french sports newspaper and was quickly engrossed into deciphering what was going on in the sports world, and of course Mad was clueless to where we were supposed to be going. I kinda noticed the train emptying out but didnt pay attention. Finally the sub stopped and Mad is like "wow where is everyone? I've never seen it so empty!" Well i look up and around and i say weird neither have i. then we realize that the last stop was Porte La Chappelle. The last stop on the rail! We are now in no mans land! The catacombs! Ive always wondered what happens after the trains reach their last stop. One time we saw a very old man asleep miss our last stop and we assumed he did it on purpose to venture into the underworld and say goodbye to daylite forever. The subways are already very hot and humid when they are moving, you can't imagine what it was like when we are trapped in a car around other empty cars and have no idea what is gonna happen. I tried to make light of the situation, but as Madeline tells me now she was "terrified. I didnt know what was happening," while we were waiting I got her to pose at the end of the empty car we were in, and maybe you can see that all the other cars were empty behind her too. So after about 10 minutes or so the door opens, scares the piss out of us! An older guy asks us where we are going, i say Madeleine(believe it or not we were going there to get some half off bootsy collins tickets that ended up being sold out) and he says stay here. He was the driver walking from what was the front of the metro to the new front(old back). After a few minutes the metro starts again and crosses tracks and opens up the doors at Porte La Chappelle to start his trip back downtown. No underground homeless villages, no round abouts, no alligators, no skulls lining the wall, just a 10 minute wait and then we were back on track. Disappointing but still was exciting.
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Ell - Wanted to let you know that your D/L renewal form came today. It expires on your birthday. I'll put it in your box for when you get back.
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