So yesterday I went rollerblading in the streets with about 2000 people in Paris. Rollerblading is huge here which I think is awesome. On fridays and sundays there are different marathons, I guess, that thousands of people participate in. The total distance of the course was 14.5km or about 9 miles. This happens at 10pm on friday nights and 2:30pm on sunday afternoons. Its very official, there are police escorts and probably about 30 or 40 staff members that run the event. Its really cool that the people are ok with waiting as a huge group of people rollerblading goes by stopping traffic and all. There are also cops on rollerblades that join the crowd making sure everything goes smoothly which is something that is apparently exclusive to france. Go figure! It was a very good experience, I really recommend checking it out!
No helemet? No pads? Gerry ... come on! (Hey, it's my job.)
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