Crazy things about Paris:

1. bottles of wine at the grocery store for E1.05. It's pretty hard to avoid wine around here. We also had a half litre of house wine at dinner last night for E6.00. And its all been pretty good!
2. the handheld shower. What a terrible idea. Runs along the lines of the squat toilet in Japan. It's one of those 'what were they thinking?' ideas. And of course because I don't like it, I can think of many reasons why its a bad idea. Like, what do you do with the shower head while you wash your hair? Do you sit or stand (I've tried both, and they are both uncomfortable). How do you keep the water in the tub? How do you avoid tripping over the hose after you've carefully arranged yourself to not spray the water out of the tub?
3. lights on timers. The hallway in our building has light switches to turn the lights on. Unfortunately (or fortunately for whoever pays the electricity bill) the lights are timed, and if you happen to get caught on the stairs when the lights go out, watch out! Its pitch black until you get to the next switch! This is good exercise though, as it makes you pick up the pace on the way up.
4. its difficult to walk more than a block without seeing a nice bakery. And the pain au chocolat is to die for!
5. steak frites for E1.50. This is how much Erik paid at his cafeteria at work. Mind you, he said it wasn't great, but for 1.50, who cares?! And they also serve wine.
6. the separate toilet and bathroom. Sounds like a good idea until you try and wash your hands. Or flush the toilet while someone is using the shower (I suppose that's the one advantage of the handheld shower. Its alot easier to get out of the scalding hot stream. Mind you, then the floor gets wet...)