20 June 2007

HRH King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud in Paris

If you woke up wondering where the King of Saudi Arabia was today, I can report that HRH has safely arrived in Paris with an escort of 30 cars carrying various courtiers and security. HRH arrived near Montparnasse at the most inconvenient time of 19:00, when most Parisians are frantically trying to end their grueling 35 hour work-week. (Although the buzz is that Sarko wants to extend to 38 hours, which, in reality, only means that he wants to allow employers to boost overtime pay by 25 percent, making the extra hours exempt from taxes and social charges.

I just happened to be out for a walk and saw the King in his coupe. He was 'welcomed' with a cacophony of furious parisians blaring horns from the gridlock of too many cars blocked in too many narrow streets. And the poor circulation police were just trying to do their job...

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