Vive la France!

Writing today from beautiful, sunny Paris, France. Pictures will come later as we forgot to bring the cord that connects the camera to the computer.

We got in yesterday morning, with all our luggage intact, except for the stroller that we forgot we checked and left at the airport. But we'll manage, I'm sure. Lindsay and Ross made it yesterday evening from Sevilla, and we had supper at a fantastic little restaurant-bar called Les Tontons.

This morning, we went for a little walk around part of the historic area. We saw Notre Dam, Pont-Neuf, Saint Michel, and a few others. The history and architecture are incredible.

My 5 years of high school French are coming in handy. I don't understand everything, but I can communicate well enough, and it's all coming back quickly. I'm picking up bits and pieces of conversation from people on the street, and for the most part, people are very patient with me.

Katie is not real impressed with the time change and us not letting her sleep when she usually does, but she's doing very well, and in good humor. She loves all the pigeons and is very disappointed when she says hi to people on the street and they don't reply.

We are staying at a very cute little apartment with a bit of a view of the Eiffel Tower, so we can watch the light show at night. There are lots of little shops around, a produce market right across the street and a great little boulangerie (bakery) just a couple shops down from there.