I took a test run of my Metro Challenge today, checking out stations and seeing where it would be best to get off to beat the crowd.. etc, only to find out that 6 stations between Raspail and Place d'Italie on the 6 line are closed for renovation of the viaduct (the overground rail part), with a bus to transfer people from where one end of the rail ends and the next. Obviously this means that I have to trash my plan of getting around the 357 stations. (There are 369 according to my count, minus 6 stations closed for renovation, and the 6 I mentioned on the repair of the viaduct). Originally the plan had been for me to finish within 16 hours... I'm hoping I can get close to that time with a bit of a rearrangement in plans. Quite a disappointment indeed. Anyways, one thing's for sure: I'm starting at Porte Dauphine at 5.30 and finishing at Saint-Lazare sometime at night.

Written on Thursday, July 8 at 8:43 PM