nononono
This was then, things have changed.
Okay, i've been to Paris 3 times. The first two was as you describe: awful.
Last time, this September, it was great and literally everyone was nice. I arrived at Garde du Nord with a backpack and went to put it in the lockers. The xray showed the camping-gas so i was not allowed to leave it there. To much hilarity of the staff i started removing shoes and items of clothing (and more shoes) to get to the gas. When i packed my stuff in a locker they asked me if i wanted a bag for my camping gas. Why, yes.
Some sniggering. Guy rummages in the back and comes out with a Prada bag.
Lolz! Walking around Paris with my campinggear in my posh bag :-)
(Yes, its possible to go camping in Paris. At Maison Laffitte, quite nice. )
(bovine intervention, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 18:35, 1 reply)

Yes but...
My last time there was just two years ago... I also forgot the toilets in Garde du Nord. Fuck me it looked like someone had set off a shit bomb in there. The bowl was full, shit was up the walls, the cistern, the door, it was even on the ceiling. Whoever did this must have stood there with handsful of their own filth and thrown it around like a sprinkler. Incredible.
( difficultchild, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 22:01, closed)

i sympathize
while laughing out loud. What an informative and detailed picture you paint description you wrote :-)
(bovine intervention, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 23:59, closed)