Riding Through Paris

My twenty-six-year-old son Charlie and I decided to spend the Christmas-New Year holidays of 2006 - 07 in Paris, breaking away this once from our usual tradition of doing the holidays in our native, snowy New Hampshire. Despite the fact that I have an apartment in Paris and despite the unusually cold weather, both Charlie and I felt inclined to get out a good deal in the evening. (Paris is brilliantly lit and wonderfully festive at this time of yearl.) During our nocturnal wanderings, we encountered an African cab driver with a PhD in Economics. We found him very engaging and insightful concerning the current state of his homeland as well as that of the US and France. Here is a short video Charlie took of my conversation with the driver. Enjoy!