Paris: A Curious Incident with a Car in the Night

A Curious Incident with a Car in the Night

During one of our evening strolls in Paris, we headed off down a quite side street thinking that we would cut across to a more picturesque street. As we walked along we came across a car with a broken window. We surmised that it was a recent break-in as there was glass all around and the window was still wide open - seemingly not yet noticed by its owner. As we walked further along we became aware of several men, dressed casually in jeans and leather jackets, moving urgently around the street and wondered if they were the men who were responsible for the theft.

We shortly came across another man sitting on the curb between two cars trying to look inconspicuous (or so we gathered) with a large grocery bag beside him. Just as we passed him, the men in jeans swarmed him, identified themselves as police, and before we knew it he was pressed up against the wall being frisked and handcuffed.

We just stood and gawked along with the only other pedestrian in the street... what more can one ask for in evening entertainment when travelling?