Padiglione Ponte Ponte Pavilion, apparently the wing of the hospital where Jake was treated.
Padiglione Zonda another hospital pavilion.
Pamplona a city in Navarre, in northeastern Spain.
Pantheon quarter the Left Bank district surrounding the Pantheon, a "Temple of Fame" where Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Emile Zola, and others are buried.
paseo (Spanish) a leisurely walk, especially in the evening; stroll.
Paseo de Sarasate a park in the center of Pamplona.
patronne (French) proprietress.
pelota jai alai; a game like handball, played with a curved basket fastened to the arm, for catching the ball and hurling it against the wall.
pelouse (French) lawn.
percale fine, closely woven cotton cloth.
Pernod a particular brand of anise, a French or Spanish liqueur flavored with aniseed.
pesage (French) paddock.
peseta the basic monetary unit of Spain.
Petite Correspondance (French) little correspondence; letters to the editor.
picador in bullfighting, any of the horsemen who weaken the neck muscles of the bull by pricking with a lance.
Piccadilly a street in London, England; traditional center of fashionable shops, clubs, and hotels.
piece (Slang) a woman regarded as a sexual partner.
pie-eyed (Slang) intoxicated, drunk.
pirotecnico (Spanish) fireworks.
Place de la Contrescarpe, Rue Mouffetard, Aveue des Gobelins streets between St. Etienne du Mont and Parc Montsouris, on the Left Bank of the Seine.
Por ustedes (Spanish) For you
porto port, a sweet fortified wine usually served after a meal.
posada (Spanish) an inn.
poules (French) literally, hen; slang for prostitute.
prepped attended a preparatory school.
President Coolidge (John) Calvin (1872–1933); thirtieth President of the U.S. (1923–1929).
Prince of Wales (1894–1972); son of George V; Duke of Windsor; later king of England, as Edward VIII; abdicated.
Princeton an Ivy League university located in the town of Princeton, in central New Jersey.
Puerta del Sol (Spanish) Gate of the Sun, in the very center of Madrid.
Pyrenees a mountain range along the French-Spanish border.
Quai de Bethune a street on the Ile St.-Louis.
Quai d'Orleans a street on the Ile St.-Louis.
Quai d'Orsay a street running alongside the Left Bank of the Seine, north of the Invalides district
quelqu'une (French) such a one.
Riff a mountain range along the northeastern coast of Morocco, extending from the Strait of Gibraltar to the Algerian border.
Rockefeller John D(avison) (1839–1937); U.S. industrialist and philanthropist.
Roncesvalles a pass through the Pyrenees, near the French border in the Navarra province of Spain, utilized often by pilgrims from Paris to Santiago de Compostela.
Roncevaux French name for Roncesvalles.
Ronda a town in the province of Andalusia, in southern Spain.
ruddy a euphemism for bloody (British Informal); confounded.
Rue de Cardinal Lemoine a street in the Latin Quarter
Rue de la Montagne Sainte Geneviève a street in the Latin Quarter.
Rue de Rivoli a boulevard that parallels the Seine, on Paris's right bank.
Rue Denfert-Rochereau a street on the Left Bank.
Rue des Pyramides a street connecting the Avenue de l'Opera with the Rue de Rivoli.
Rue des Saints Pères a street on the Left Bank, perpendicular to the Boulevard St. Germain.
Rue du Faubourg Montmartre chic a particular kind of Parisian stylishness.
Rue du Pot de Fer a street in the Latin Quarter.
Rue Saint Jacques a street in the Latin Quarter.
Rue Soufflot a street running from the Luxembourg gardens to the Pantheon.
