Thoughts from the Paris metro.....

I never did like the childhood game "twister". I only played it a couple of times and it seemed everyone got bored with it rather quickly.
Well, I had a flash back yesterday while I was riding the RER A back to Paris. It was rush hour and fairly hot down there for the time of year. So my question is this.... was the game created to get people used to public transportation? I could easily see this game as a forerunner to rush hour traffic cram session. For real, there are so many people at the entrance to the train and only a few poles on which to hold onto. So, right in front of you, you may have Pepe Le Pew stretching his arm across your nose. Wow!!! Toxic for sure. One just hopes the next stop is his.
My lovely wife thinks she has figured out the whole perfume thing here in France. She now wears a little perfume on her wrist just in case she smells the stink-o on someone while traveling on the metro. Its always better to smell yourself than someone else I suppose.

Preparing to Travel to Paris France

Preparing for a long term stay in Paris can be a long, arduous task... just like anything else I guess. Thanks to the internet, some people have posted helpful links, experiences, and tips that make the "search" all the less time consuming. There are now so many websites out there that offer housing, whether short or long term rentals.
I have been looking for a long term apartment for my wife and I. There are actually only a handful that are actually worth looking at IF YOU DO NOT KNOW FRENCH. i found a website that list pretty much every site for the english speaking world.

http://www.parisnotes.com/rentals/parisapartmentrentals.html

just click on any of the companies on the left side of the page.

In my experience so far, parisattitude.com, paristay.com, and lodgis.com are the top three in my book. There are a few others but for the pricing, navigation of website and the quantity of apartments to view, these are a great place to start and finish your search.

Other helpful sites:

www.ratp.fr