It's hard to believe it's been ten whole years today since I first boarded a Paris-bound plane! Therefore, the week that follows is going to be full of "tenth anniversaries": Our first visit to Montmartre, Versailles, Giverny, the Eiffel Tower, the Marais, the Champs-Elysees . . . Speaking of the Champs-Elysees, September 6th is the 10th anniversary of our climb (200+ stairs) up the Arc de Triomphe and our meeting at the Arc de Triomphe later that day with my friend Rita, who has commented on this blog from time to time. (That's Rita on the right. As I didn't have a digital camera then, this picture was taken the one evening our 2005 stays in Paris overlapped.) Bernard, Rita and I went to dinner at Les Ecuries, a crepe place on the Rue Washington that Rita knew, and then we all rode the ferris wheel -- my first ferris wheel ride ever! -- at Place de La Concorde.
I also wanted to upload the photo Rita had taken at the same place, same evening, of Bernard and me, but the system isn't cooperating.
As it'll be a couple of months before our flight back to Paris, I especially appreciate Rita's StayatHomeTraveler blog. Travel is one thing, but keeping its joys alive in your everyday life is another -- and this is where this very helpful blog comes in. Check it out.
The joys of Paris are highs on a par with meeting and marrying Bernard, and getting published in print in the pre-blog days. Most amazing is that such intense highs are legal!
