News from Paris

Quick, since I have to go to bed, here are the two events that have been clashing for space on the front page of French newspapers today:

1. A strike of the main transport unions shut down the métro, RER, and trains all day long.

2. Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Cécilia have filed for a divorce.

For those who don't read French, the New York Times tidily lumps these two stories into one, making them into a sort of personality tale about the head of state (which, I think, is a typically American way to frame things).

I don't really have an opinion about story number two (except: about time!), and haven't fully decided what I think about the first. I think that will depend on if I have to walk six kilometers to St. Lazare again...

PS. The answer, I think, is yes, I will.

PPS. My feet hurt.