Hey thanks for the welcome home!

I have spent most of the day downloading photos while poor old Dennis rests. I expect he will be down for a couple of days, at least.

First picture and a story:



We arrived in Paris at 8am. After an hours (Dennis says two hours)cab ride into Paris we arrived at our hotel and they let us go directly to the room. (A few days later one of the managers told me the rumor was Dennis looked like he was on his death bed the day we arrived ) After unpacking, I put Dennis to bed and I went for a walk. I knew we were somewhere near the Arc de Triomphe, but I wasn't sure where it was. I walked along this street and all of a sudden it was there, right in front of me. I cannot describe how breath-taking seeing this in person for the first time was for me. It's huge and detailed and over-whelming.

As most of you know, I have traveled a bit in my time, but I have never seen a city as beautiful as Paris. This was just an inkling of what we were in for during our two week stay.