I used to go and sit in the bell tower at Notre Dame, I used to eat my lunch there, and once in a while would hear the young ladies say to one another, "There goes the lunchpack of Notre Dame"
I found the one in Paris a strange and isolating place; there seemed no warmth there as have found sometimes in other churches. Yet I love Florence, not for the religious things, but when we were having Norman castles installed they were building such marvels of architecture, and yes it may have been a devotion to duties or slavery of a kind; but every time I get off the train in Florence or go through Pisa, I get the same burst of energy, 5then I find a place where they sell wine, a loaf of bread and fillings. Hey to me it beats the expensive places in Piccadilly that burn vegetables and pretend their foul tasting, uncut, unpeeled chips cooked and salted in weeks old oil at a top price are trendy. I love Manchester or would not be here, but nice to take someone even if on a thirty hour trip to have a different point of eating.
Ha, once I took someone there on a day trip when money was flying, started out at 4am ,got back about 2am, she wanted a McDonalds there, yes she took the trip, ate the meal and you know she went back for the buildings, as seeing some of the buildings there fired her to travel again, then went to the museums and the gardens, is living there now and is a tourist guide there, when back in Manchester she done nothing, no hope of anything happening - I found out which tourist group she worked for, she took me for a fine meal after realising it was me, and that had paid to see how she presented the tour- about the only useful thing I have done on the spur of the moment. She lives out of the city, and is now pretty good at not speaking Manc.