Strikes! Strikes! Strikes! If you have travel plans that include the French capital this month, you may be in for some disappointment.

Strikers where work stoppages and demonstrations are occurring include trains, airlines, nuke power stations and others. Of course, the labor turmoil couldn’t happen at a worse time. The Euro football (soccer) championship tournaments are scheduled to begin on Friday, June 10

Remember the sweet lyrics to the tender love song, April In Paris? Maybe they should be updated:
June in Paris, union nuts in blossom,
Strikers marching under the trees.
June in Paris, this is a feeling,
They want all the francs they can squeeze!

The labor problems are not just in Paris. Other demonstrations may happen in Nantes, Toulouse and Marseilles. So, senior travelers heading for La Belle France, keep in hour-by-hour touch with flight, train and Metro schedules. Just maybe this year you’ll be forced to choose to get your June Gallic gallivanting in Paris, Texas, or the French quarters of New Orleans, Montreal or Quebec.