On The Road...

We are sorry that things have been kinda quiet around the ol' website this week. Dee and I have been away for a long weekend. We have some new colleagues/old friends that are now living and studying in Paris. This was our first time to ever go to Paris, and it was wonderful to see it with our friends!

I don't even know where to begin to tell you about it... We stayed up late every night talking and catching up... we ate a ton of crepes... ate many pastries.... drank a lot of very strong coffee... and enjoyed just breathing in the atmosphere of this romantic city. To be honest with you - I knew that Paris was going to be nice but I had no idea that it was going to be so amazing. We decided not to try and see everything and do everything, but rather to leave some things to do the next time we come... (this way we have to go back)... We opted to spend the bulk of our afternoons walking along the River Seine, sitting in cafes, or shopping.

Here are a few of our highlights:

The neatest thing were the ton of little book sellers set up along the river selling paintings, photos, sometimes small antiques, and (best of all) old books. Walking from stand to stand was a perfect way to spend an afternoon... and of course we did not even get to visit them all.

We visited the Eiffel Tower on Saturday evening. It was beautiful. We arrived while it was still light out and went up to the summet around sunset. So we ended up being at the top as the city's lights started coming on all around us. Truly awesome.

We visited the Catacombs. There are more people buried under the city in these tunnels than people living above it.

We ate Mexican!

Our friends had been sent some green peanuts from the South. We boiled them all day on Sunday and then ate them while watching Lost.

I plan on organizing the rest of our pictures and getting some up on the site in the next day or so - so stayed tuned.