the party begins

marching, dancing and hollering in front of la gare de lyon was an enormous party of revellers, their faces painted in french colours and waving the flag. at first i figured it was all about the euro cup but i soon stood corrected. who knew basketball was such a big deal in france? the party was in full swing inside the station where the volume was off the charts. it was all good-naturedly raucous until the party spilled over onto one of the tracks. a number of police instantly materialized, a few punches were thrown and before i knew it, some of the partyers were being escorted into a paddy wagon. the moral of this story: party as hard as you like, only don't mess with our train schedule.