Today I made plans to meet up with a new friend named Gwendolyn.  She was on my walking tour yesterday. She is here from Chicago.  She is getting married in a couple of weeks to a man who lives in Paris.  She met him on vacation a year or so ago.  Right after they get married she is going back to Chicago. She doesn't speak French either. I was really grateful to have someone to chat with.  We were meeting up at this Jazz club in town ...

I know that I should be blogging about the rich history and the amazing architecture or my cultural awakening. Whatever . . . but these are some of the things that have REALLY amazed me about Paris:1. People run in front of busses all of the time and they don't get killed. They don't flag down the driver; they just step out in front of the bus. It's incredible.2. Diane, you are right! They have the best ham and cheese sandwiches here and I can...

No Photos Yet.  I am still sans camera. I need a power cord to charge the battery.  There is a cell phone store on every corner, sometimes 2 or 3 on the same street with the same name 'Happy Phone'. But it seems in a beautiful city like Paris, no one ever needs a camera. I would give a kidney for a Radio Shack. - Of course I could be asking people where the nearest 'space shuttle' is for all I know.  My French is so bad; I can't...

Serendipity My trip to Paris has started off a little shaky.   I arrived Saturday afternoon with some sort of ‘stomach thing’ that I brought with me from London.  That killed the rest of Saturday.  Sunday, after sleeping in until 11 a.m.  I had a long, luxurious champagne brunch at a café near my hotel.  The weather has been abnormally cool.  It never got much warmer than 65 degrees today.  I think i...