Paris

Here I am standing in front of the Arc d'Triomphe. We've been in Paris for a day. So far, we've seen the Conciergerie, a medievil prison that hosted Marie Antoinette before they lopped off her head. We toured Notre Dame and the Deportation Monument.

Somehow we thought that we'd see someone we knew in Paris. And so we did. My cousin Bob and his wife Marcy leave Paris today, but we were able to hook up for dinner last night on the Champs d'Lysee. We had a great time. I hadn't seen Bob for nearly 20 years. We grew up together in the same town, so it was fun catching up with his side of the family.

Today, we scale the Eiffel Tower. (Actually, there's an elevator). We're going to the top and I'm scared of heights.