Published on Sep, 2024
A sidecar ride has many wonderful associations for anyone from India, like me. ( Google the song video 'Yeh Dosti' from the cult movie 'Sholay' )
And I also got to ride in one some donkeys years ago. So when I found this sidecar ride experience in Paris I booked it in advance.
Special thanks to my super awesome host and storyteller - Fidel - who took me on the tour of the sights of the Left Bank of Paris since I had already visited the regular monuments prior.
I enjoyed his driving, the experience of riding so close to the ground and yet feeling so perfectly safe.
After checking out sights like the Pantheon, the Gardens du Luxembourg, Montparnasse and much more with stories about the immigrants, the American bistros and bars of Paris - my time flew by all too quickly.
At the end of the ride Fidel had become an amazing friend. I'd love to come back and do more amazing sidecar rides with him.
Thanks so much Fidel. God bless and God speed.