Random thoughts and photos of the city of lights

Here is what I've noticed:
-There are dogs everywhere, including on the metro and the owners do not clean up after them. This makes for some digusting Parisian streets; thank god for the rain to (sort of) wash it away.
-Parisian people aren't unfriendly, probably just misunderstood. Other that my little confrontation with the landlord, most Parisians I find are nice people but don't necessarily like talking to strangers. So I guess don't expect the kind of initial friendliness you get in say, anglosaxon countries.
-The women here do like heels but nothing particularly high for day to day wear, mostly just 2 or 3 inch chunky heeled boots seem to be the uniform during winter.
-The high schoolers here are pretty much just as annoying as anywhere else and the girls seem to wear as much makeup as anywhere else too. They seem to snap out of it when they get older thought since the women in their 20's and up like the au natural look.
-It really is the city of love with lots of couples necking in public, even (or especially) the middle aged ones.
-I don't find Paris particularly expensive although many I talk to do. I think groceries are actually significantly cheaper than in Australia but services or eating out at restaurants and cafes may tend to be more expensive. The shopping here is brilliant/dangerous for me. I don't want to be stuck with beautiful clothes but not be able to pay rent (which is sky high).
-The champs-elysees is full of tourists and people selling little Eiffel Tower statues and keyrings.
-The metro is generally awesome but some of the stations have a distinct smell of urine.
Here are some ugly happy snaps FYT: I'm the one giving my best stupid grin...