We went to the train station today to buy our tickets for the super fast train to Paris. From afar the station looks modern with wild graphics on the outside.

But inside you see that's its an old building with a glass facade.

The train goes 150 mph so we'll be in Paris in two hours. Wish there were such a thing between Mobile and Birmingham or Mobile and Atlanta. The infrastructure here is far advanced of what we have in the U.S. They are spending their money at home instead of funding a vast military.

We picked up a sandwich at the fast food restaurant. We've seen McDonalds (long line) and Burger King, but they have a low profile, just tucked away in old buildings. The restaurant we went to was not a chain. The food was ready in 5 minutes, and was very good. This is what the inside looked like.
Everyone was sitting outside because the weather is so pleasant.

Then we had dinner at an authentic Alsatian place -- incredibly old world and quaint. The food was pot roast with potatoes and carrots (kind of heavy), a think pizza-like crust with cheese and bacon, and a nice tomato and mozarella salad.

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These places are everywhere.

Lastly, after dinner, about 9 o'clock, we went to a park and let Pau play for a while. After dark. Totally safe. We see homeless people now and then, but there seems to be no threatening underclass.