It was so fun to run through the streets of Paris, except for when Opee and I managed to lose the pack in the Jardin des Plantes (Garden of Plants), which led to us missing the gladiator fight at the Arenes de Lutece (Arenas of Lutece).
Luckily we managed to stay on trail the rest of the time. Here is the voluptuous Paris H3 RA checking out a group of folks doing cosplay in another park.
I have no idea which building this is, but it was great that someone managed to capture some group shots on trail. Humorously, this is where many hashers, including Opee, went up to strangers and asked them: “Where is Brian?” If the person happened to be a local instead of a tourist, they often laughed and answered: “In the kitchen.” It turned out that was a line from a primary school textbook for learning English and was later used in a popular French comedian’s act.
The beer break was on the bank of the Seine.
We all chugged our beers and got ready to flee when we were visited by the police as we likely needed a permit to gather there. Luckily they just wanted to remind us not to swim in the quickly moving swollen river.
We covered a lot of ground as we ran across the city. By the time we got to the Louvre, it had begun to rain.
Luckily it stopped so we could pose for another group shot.
The hash ended at a park near the Eiffel Tower with a fun circle followed by an incredible lunch buffet. Then we were surprised to learn that we were going on a bus tour of the city. We couldn’t see much since the windows were mostly steamed up, but it was fun partying with hashers anyways. That night we attempted to eat dinner near our hotel, but it was nearly impossible to find any vegan food. We finally found a pizza place, but before we could place our order, a foul chemical smell scared us away. So we settled on ordering pizza to be delivered to our hotel room.
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