I can't remember exactly what happened during my journeying last night. It was simple enough. I had to go to the Angel district in London to do technical things for a sketch show, which went very well. I had a slightly convoluted route to take, owing to the relative positions on the tube network of my start and end points. However, despite the fact that I ran pretty much on time and even got some writing time in along the way, I was somehow disappointed with the efficacy of the transport system. It felt like it wasn't up to scratch. It felt, in short, like Paris was better.

We had a mixed experience of the Paris metro. It was very very hot, but so was the whole of the city. Sometimes the tickets wouldn't let me through, resulting in me buying a second ticket on one occasion, rather than ask for help. To be honest, at a quid each it didn't matter. The machines selling tickets were a bit weird, but I grew to like them, especially when they said 'code bon' after I entered my credit card's pin. The signage and maps were okay and at their best when most closely like our own. So, so far you'd be left ambivalent. However, the sheer scale and efficiency of the service left me impressed in a way that wasn't impressive last night. So boo to London and Yay to Paris.