Strike Update

So the streets are a mess of cars and mopeds, but the walk wasn't so bad actually. I grabbed my Starbucks and made it to school in half the time I had given myself. In the wilderness between Denfert-Rochereau and St. Germaine, I managed somehow to get off my path, but figured as long as I kept the sun on my right I could continue North despite the random angles of street direction.

Update: Once I got to French class I found out that half the metro lines were running today, including mine. Oh life. At least it saves me the return walk.


Photo: Alexandra Samur

An interesting story I came across while checking up on news and blogs this morning. Evidently over the last two weeks Toronto has been struck by a graffiti artist who appears to have a slight infatuation with Gustav Mahler. Washington DC evidently had their own Mahler graffiti back in 1976. In the great oneupmanship of urban art, I'm sure before long we'll see our neighborhoods tagged with the likes of Schnittke and Meyerbeer. (Via The Rest Is Noise)