The Bus Ride

After the Eiffel Tower, the group was feeling cocky.  They had been to the top, the rain had stopped and they were reunited with the switchboard rebel.   They decided to take a bus tour of the city.  No, no, no not a Big Red Bus but a public bus ride.

After much consultation among the group, running in circles a bit, Bus 69 bus stop was found.   The bus stop was equipped with a digital countdown clock to the next bus.  The whole group queued up, the bus was sighted, bus driver saw us, floored it, sped past us, next bus time changed to 60 minutes and 6 mouths fell open.  After much consultation including any local Parisians that could be dragged into the conversation, everyone agreed that the bus driver should have stopped.  The group then decided on bus line 42 using the previous bus stop.  Bus 42 stopped and everyone climbed on using their spiffy transportation passes.  They settled into their seats and sat back for the ride.  Bus 42 pulled out and drove about 5 blocks down the street and pulled in front of the very bus 69 that had shunned the group.  Bus 42 Driver then turned around, waved his hand and told everyone to get off the bus.  Six mouths fell open again.  It was a scramble to to get oft the bus.  Five blocks and dumped on the street.  Upon more thought, perhaps, the bus was at the end of the line.  The group decided to try the opposite direction for bus 69 so they hustled across the street and got on bus 69 with the driver that had driven past them.

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At this point, everyone feels that being kicked off a bus 3 times in one day is a signal that all the bus riding for the day should by halted as it is very tiring to walk around with  mouths open all the time.  Greg is able to help everyone retreat back to the familiar ground of the trains to limp home.

In a final crushing blow, Larry  left his stylish rain hat on  bus 42.  When he asked at the Metro station if there was a lost and found, the metro person just shook his head and said “No, No, No”!  It is suspected that the Metro Lost and Found person will be wearing a stylish rain hat for the next storm.