The first thing I noticed as I left the subway station near my hotel for the first time, was the sheer amount of people.  And then, you immediately notice the beggars.  Although this is no different than any other major city, cast against the backdrop of the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, and Notre Dame cathedral it somehow resonates.  This older woman was wondering the crowds just outside the Louvre, and she could have been any number of women we saw on Champs Elysees, Rue di Rivoli, or just hanging around the subway.  I have honest debate within myself whether to show this person, but this is the best image that captures how it is to walk through the busy crowds and so I finally decided to put it up.