atm_keypad-300x225.jpgI've been had. Big time. I don't know when, where, how or by whom, but some sneaky little bastards have used every hole in the French banking system to (temporarily) ruin my financial life...and it turns out I'm not alone.

Then again, I've gotten to know some very friendly policeman over the last few weeks, not one of whom has attempted to kick me out of the country or visit any other sort of anti-immigrant evil upon my person, thus debunking the nightly-news impression that French cops no longer do anything else with their time. So I guess there's always a silver lining, right?