DW from the Peg: Rain on the way to the start...
DW from the Peg: ...was replaced by sun, and already there was a giant crowd nearly an hour before the march was to start
DW from the Peg: Towards Avenue de la République and Boulevard Voltaire
DW from the Peg: It's not France without a Descartes reference
DW from the Peg: Many people were watching from balconies
DW from the Peg: Waiting to start the march
DW from the Peg: And it starts
DW from the Peg: It took half an hour to get from this point to the start of the street between the two buildings, there wee that many people moving so slowly
DW from the Peg: And behind us there were many more people
DW from the Peg: Mes Copines, it was hard to find the rest of the group
DW from the Peg: Restons Unis
DW from the Peg: Saint-Amboise, everything rosy at sunset, three hours into the march