Student protests on 27/03/06

Student protests on 27/03/06, originally uploaded by Rhian vK.

Just after I took this photo, that really huge gendarme came and told me off.

I was really scared that he'd confiscate my camera.



Actually I didn't quite understand what he said, and as I turned to walk

away I said to some students who were standing on the corner, 'Je n'ai pas

compris ce qu'il a dit' and they thought this was hilarious, and all burst out

laughing, very loudly.



Of course this only made things look even worse, as though I'd made a joke

about the gendarme. So I carried on meekly walking down the street, trying to

look as inconspicuous as I usually do...