More excitement than we can take!!

Been a big day getting here on the train and taxi. Right in the middle of the city. Unbelievably nice apartment/hotel. Way more than we expected. And the location is incredible.

Zooming through the lobby to do some grocery shopping etc. Apartment, remember?

I'll do more careful shots later.

Well, here's the candy dish on the front desk! What more could you need?

Street outside has this wedding dress shop. Latest styles from Paris, right?

Mom checks out some shops for later. All a little overwhelming.

Finally figured out the name for "bakery". My mind just goes blank. Oh, well.

On the way back Chris points out the boat ride she wants to take. Maybe we will try a nightime trip. Lights and all are amazing.

Strolling on the street. You can't imagine!

She plans for more stuff tomorrow. Paper towels, phone SIM cards, Baguette, wine....what more could we need? Museum passes, Gauloises Brunes, Metro passes, etc etc. Not to mention all of the mandatory shopping for everyone.....Chris first. It is her birthday and we have not had the chance to do it up right.

Nice to hear from a few of you. Makes it seem worthwhile to do this thing. The duty seems to fall to me in the middle of the night. Has something to do with processing photos.

It's not really that we don't miss anyone back home, just that we are so busy getting by and looking at each other in amazement....that we can hardly do anything else.

I guess mostly, I just hope (and yes, pray) that you can all get a chance sometime to do something like this. (unless you are the Patagonia type)

The world is so big and diverse and yet people are so very much alike!

I don't know if that's good or bad but somehow I feel more comfortable knowing it.

Wait.........maybe I don't know it? Oh, well, try for sleep now.

Mr. Mark