Evening Walkabout

It was a beautiful clear day in Paris, in fact it may be the only day where it was nicer here than in SoCal which, we understand, is getting hammered with rain (and snow). Kathleen had a friend over for much of the day - allegedly to "study" but not much of that happened on this Saturday - and so we all decided to walk Maeva home to stretch our legs and take in some fresh air. Here's a picture of the two etudiantes at the portal to their school (which is in between our apartment and Maeva's). Maeva O'Brien's parents are both here on sabbatical from the Univ. of Illinois - Urbana. The two American girls have bonded together, and as her parents are both fluent in French, there is some hope for the homework situation! They live in a charming (= very old) small flat with "hideous wallpaper" and somehow our finicky elevator now doesn't seem so bad against their 3 story walkup of a rickety spiral staircase.

It was just too nice to stop strolling after departing from Maeva's, so somehow we wound up heading toward the biggest landmark around. On the hour, the Eiffel Tower goes into a little sparkling dance for 10 minutes, and I used the movie mode of the new camera to capture a bit of that. You should be able to see it by clicking on the image below (26M). After that it was back home for some yummy pizza (OK, with French wine naturally), a bit of data inspection, Skyping, emailing, and blogging. Yes, I know it sounds boring, but sometimes that is nice. Bon nuit!