VÉLIB!!!

Our first experience with the ingenious system that is the Vélib bikes du Paris also happened on Sunday, just after coffee and croissants. 

Here is Jen, taking her first Vélib ride around the corner to the bookshop 20 steps away!!

Dismounting the Vélib, after a triumphant first ride and walking towards the bookstore, under the blossoms, in Paris, in April. 

K, now what? I've ridden this damn thing aaaaall the way around the corner, and lo! There is no Vélib station at which to drop off said bike while I browse in the bookstore! What to do. . . 

This system isn't what it's cracked up to be.

No matter, we'll just go back around the corner to the original Vélib station and park the bike! Truly, truly ingenious. Regard! Je suis la Parisienne!!

The petit maiden tosses her hair as she rides her bike through the quant French rue, showing her carefree nature.

The quant French rue.

And parking the Vélib after a successful ride.