The pilgrimage begins in Paris, once Brian has negotiated the Dover-Calais ferry in his Mercedes, and wrenched his thoughts from candid recollections of his past sexual conquests. Among the things catching Brian's attention in the city are the stained glass in the Sainte Chapelle, cod Byzantinesque architecture at the Sacré-Cœur, dubious street artists in Montmartre, and the 'point zero' of the Camino de Santiago outside the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris.