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Monday, May 21, 2007

MUSEUM NON-VISIT

Saturday night all the museums were free, and they were open until midnight or one.
I had been hearing a lot of good stuff about the musée quai branly, an anthropological museum which features large collections of exotic art. Well, so had other people.
At arriving, i at once reprimended myself for my stupidity. The museums in Paris are free every first sunday of the month, so i knew already. I knew that it was better to pay than to try to get in free. The security guards estimated that you had to stand in line for about two hours.
Well, i entered through a cafe and found a smaller (note: not small) line. After waiting for half an hour, i was close to the entrance. It was around nine thirty. this is when the security guards came and told us that they weren't letting anybody else in.
Well, the people were not pleased, having waited for a long time with their kids, having been promised all museums would be open until late. Somebody put forward a rumor that they were closing earlier because there were too many people inside. In any case, the french would have none of it. They gathered around the security guards and started booing and clapping hands. The security guards tried to explain, but the people started pushing them. It was like an uprising. against museum security. Finally, they had to force the door to be able to close it. That's the most action I've seen at a museum, like, ever.
'Maybe these frenchies are good for something', i thought to myself.

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