ah, what a feeling to wake up in Paris!!

I miss you kids!! I had a wierd dream about church, and of course you kids were there, but it was a different church. Speaking of church, behave for Uncle Kevin and Aunt Tina today! And enjoy your classes. We are going to be going to Notre Dam for mass at noon today.

We had a very long, but very cool day yesterday. Just walking around the streets, soaking in the culture. Stanley was a bit jet-legged (he is not used to the time change), but is feeling better this morning so he should be ready to go get some more pictures!

Pictures to the left, first one is where we ate dinner last night. Very traditional restaurant. There was one other party that was traveling, but most everyone there was french. We asked our hotel front desk guy where a good place to eat would be and he suggested that restaurant and said they have an english menu! So I was all over that!! :p Very wonderful dinner. The place didn't open until 7:30pm (here!), and we were one of the first ones in. By the time we left the place was packed. They had heaters out front so when you were done with dinner you go get tea or coffee or wine (which, BTW was fantastic. We got a small glass included in our dinner, and I had a sip.), and go out in the screened in room and people watch and visit. I thought the neighborhood we were in was quiet (and it is really), but at night, the streets were just hopping with people. All day we were crossing the street and saw people going about their business, but come evening, trying to cross the street was like playing frogger with cars! They have cross walks, but no lights in some streets. Or maybe we just didn't see them? We finally found all the street signs. They are up high on the buildings. Not down on the streets. :) It was a really neat experience just walking around last night. We did get our train tickets, BTW. Tomorrow evening we will take the overnight train to Roma. ;)

Ah yes, I got side tracked in my typing. Second picture is a really cool building at night, down by the Nation train station, which is really close to our hotel. And the statue is also right by the Nation.

Their police cars are very different looking. Oh, when we went to buy our train tickets last night, we saw some military with automatic weapons! I wanted to take a pic, but thought I better not. LOL. I will try and get a pic of their police cars, and also these little girl truck things that I see all over that I haven't quite figured out what they are yet. :P

Off to go get our breakfast and then we will probably go see some sights before mass. We are buying the all day subway pass today, so we will probably head back over here for a rest before we go enjoy our evening, so I will update some more then. With Stanley too!

Love you kids! Miss you!! Love, Mom and Dad