Wednesday, September 22, 2021

That's One Small Step for a Woman, ... - Wednesday, 22 September


A Paris website/FB/Insta that I follow (Secrets of Paris) reported that there was one location in town that would convert a U.S vaccination card to the French Passe Sanitaire.  It wasn’t a walkable distance, so I took a taxi to & from the Pharmacie on Boulevard des Filles du Calvaire and paid 20 euro for the “permanent” Passe Sanitaire.  I brought my passport and my physical vaccination card – it was quick & easy once I got there.  Now I don’t have to have a Q-tip stuck up my nose for an antigen test every three days at 25 euro a pop!  And I stopped at a cafĂ© for a San Pellegrino “Aranciata” (like Orangina but less sweet) before heading home - they scanned my Passe and it worked.  Victory!  Phew!


Update Tuesday, 28 September:  The Passe Sanitaire for which I submitted an online request on the 2nd arrived today.  So that was 26 days rather than the 14 days they projected.  The good news is the system works.  They just need plenty of time.  With more and more people scheduling trips now it's likely to get worse.  Again, the site for requesting yours is: