[Bod]

Even in Englan I didn't know about the riots in Paris until a work collegue came up to me to take the piss. He was like, "So you've decided to visit a riot for your holiday". I had no idea what he was on about. But it's still going on, I'm so hoping they don't burn the car of the bloke who's picking me up from the airport. There's also the worry that there may be a curfew in place by the time I arrive.

But I am taking my camera and camcorder so I may get some top notch footage that I can sell to the BBC? I'm not one to let a small thing like a riot stop me enjoying my only holiday of the year. I'm meeting some americans there too, they don't speak french, but earlier on the phone have asked me to look up how to say "I'm homesick, where are the tanks?"

'Tis the season for it though, note riots in Birmingham, UK last week plus mucho destruction in Argentina.