Extracted from AFP:
Tourists who have descended on the French capital despite a crippling transport strike are trying to make the best of the inconvenience -- they just walk or give up on sites they had planned to see....
Near the Louvre pyramid, David and Patrick Ee, 24- and 25-year-old students from Singapore, said they had "walked 20 kilometres in two days" because there was no public transportation. From their hotel in the northwestern suburb of Clichy it takes them two hours every morning to get to central Paris.
"But look at it this way, we get a different glimpse of Paris. When you take the metro you don't see anything," David said.
Not really in the know of what the strike is about they still respect the right to industrial action.
"In Singapore, this is absolutely impossible, and the unions support the government", said Patrick.
Tourists who have descended on the French capital despite a crippling transport strike are trying to make the best of the inconvenience -- they just walk or give up on sites they had planned to see....
Near the Louvre pyramid, David and Patrick Ee, 24- and 25-year-old students from Singapore, said they had "walked 20 kilometres in two days" because there was no public transportation. From their hotel in the northwestern suburb of Clichy it takes them two hours every morning to get to central Paris.
"But look at it this way, we get a different glimpse of Paris. When you take the metro you don't see anything," David said.
Not really in the know of what the strike is about they still respect the right to industrial action.
"In Singapore, this is absolutely impossible, and the unions support the government", said Patrick.
Dop! SIGH... my poor brother claims misquote. (somewhere in a hidden room in Singapore, 2 ISA files with surname Ee being set up...)
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