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place I waited for ¾ hours.
Restaurant is on first floor & attendance [indecipherable] likewise prices A glass of water with a couple of slices of orange costs 2 fr, & it takes nearly an hour to get that much French men do not make good waiter. They get needlesly excited & run all over the place forget your order or give it to some one who does not want it.
I walked back arriving at 8.30 pm so far having had nothing to eat & feeling a little faint as I have walked nearly 12 miles on a hot day. I have a good meal at the little restaurant I have discovered & where one can dine for about 3 fr & dine well with wine, salads & cheese, & strawberries.
Here I get talking with an American officer & he offers to take me round to some of the less known cafés The first we visit is off Place St Michel on left hand side facing cite. We pass through an archway & [indecipherable] some [indecipherable] & I begin to think I am in Spain Group of gypsy looking women & wild looking men with guitars seem in abound though they are only about 4 group some presented in groups on the table & some on the grounds – chairs dont exist.
We pass along an arcade like room ie there is no front into a small room adorned with crude painting with small tables & benches round wall. This leads into another small room reserved only for