I was supposed to be in Israel for Christmas, but due to the Gulf War bombing
campaign (December 1998), I had to delay on Foreign Office advice, so I ended
up in Paris for Christmas. I went to Midnight Mass in Notre Dame with friends,
then on Christmas Day morning a group of us staying at the Youth Hostel went
out in search of food. The first place we found open was McDonalds, so it was
burgers and shakes all round to cure the hangovers!
We wandered around the Latin Quarter near Notre Dame, taking lots of silly
photographs like this one. The nationalities represented include British (me!),
American, Spanish, Argentinian and Brazilian (the guy in the Santa Claus hat!)
