For those of you that just want the answer to this question without having to read the whole story, here it is:  GET LOST!

Now here’s the story:

Wednesday was not a good day for me.  I had some Italian food and went “swing dancing”
the night before.  When I got home, my stomach was not feeling good so I
went to sleep.  When I woke up the next morning, I couldn’t go more than
5 feet away from the toilet before having to go back towards it.  I then
called into work and said that I wouldn’t be coming in.  I then crawled back
into bed hoping for the pain to go away.

At 2PM I was awakened by room service who wanted to come in and clean
the room.  Since I was in a dazed mood I said sure and thought that walking
outside might do me some good since my stomach stopped aching.

Figuring it would be a waste to spend a day in Paris and not exploring,
even though I was sick, I decided to go to the Louvre.  When I got there,
it was closed because the workers were on strike.  Of all the dumb luck.

Since I was feeling weakened by my more unforunate events, I decided to
go back to the hotel in hopes that the french maids were done with my room. 
Not knowing where I was, I took random turns knowing that you’re always 5
minutes away from a metro station in Paris.  My first turn lead me to a very
interesting Metro station.  (picture coming soon)  I walked towards it and
thought it was very cool.  Behind that station was a historical monument. 
Once again, very cool.  At this point, my curiosity was starting to overpower
my weakness.  Behind that was a lavish garden with kids playing soccer and
perfectly aligned trees.  I kept going straight towards what looked like
another shopping district and ended up pretty much a dead end.  And at the
dead end was a statue that’s probably older than dirt.

So, the moral of the story is:  When you’re in Europe, the best thing
to do is:  GET LOST!  Why?  Because you’ll always find something interesting. 
And even if it’s a dead end, there’ll be a 500 year old statue of a naked
woman there.  You can’t lose.

I was also approached by a pimp last night.  It’s the 2nd time in a week.  What gives?

Cheers, love and humanity.  Tommy.