Wednesday, March 04, 2009

News Flash from Paris, France ... by gimleteye

While we are all fretting when the economy will revive, it's good to know where the sun is shining. From our correspondent:

"At the Hotel Meurice waiting for a cab. Watching a Gulf State royal family's luggage being unloaded out of 3 trucks. Not vans. Trucks with hydraulic loading platforms. A dozen black Mercedes Benz and men in black with earphones circling like hornets around a nest."

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

???

I pressed read more...nothing.

what is this about?

Anonymous said...

Gimleteye writes:

This is about Middle East oil money, demonstrating its effectiveness.

Geniusofdespair said...

Stupid me, when it said "gulf state" I thought we were talking about Louisiana. I said to myself, who in Louisiana would travel like that?

Anonymous said...

LOL.

Paris-Insider said...

That is funny, geniusofdespair! Yes, it seems that tourism and travel are still doing relatively well in Paris, France. Thank God for oil tycoons keeping the Parisian economy afloat! I wonder how much of a downturn the economy would have to take in order for people, especially the rich to become less enamored with the City of Lights...