Local Attractions and Businesses in Paris, France - Comfort Inn

Friday Night "Rando" Fever--The Paris Roller Rando takes over the city on Friday nights, "rando" being short for randonnée, meaning tour or excursion. The starting time is around 10pm at the place de l'Italia (also the name of the Métro stop). Roller folk from Paris and throughout Ile de France amass here to begin their 3-hour weekly journey through the city on rollerblades. Every Friday three motorcycle policemen lead the way with dome lights flashing, signaling moving cars to get out of the way. First-aid wagons follow the "rollers." On an average night in Paris, some 20,000 rollers show up. Many visitors like to stay up late that night to watch these "mad, mad Parisians" in all their crazed "rollermania."