This past weekend we stopped in Paris for a couple of days of “decompression” between the goodbyes of Togo and the hellos of Singapore, where we arrived last night. The trip was quite tiring for the boys, but God answered our prayers with beautiful weather in spite of the meteorologists’ predictions of showers and thunderstorms. We didn’t buy any souvenirs, but we took lots of pictures — here are a few of the more interesting ones.
Jeremy was fascinated by this man who had the birds outside the Louvre eating out of his hand. (Notice the bird hovering above Jeremy’s shoulder.)
The boys, tired from three days of walking, enjoyed seeing the sights from the comfort of the river boat.
What man made for God (Notre Dame) and what God made for man. Who do you think did a better job?
Maureen was particularly happy that Paris was in bloom.
Maureen took on the Paris traffic to take this photo from the middle of the Champs-Elysee.
Friends, Romans, countrymen … Jonathan imitates Mark Anthony in the Louvre.
One tuckered out boy and his dad.
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May 10, 2006 at 10:01 am
Patty
Thanks for sharing. Brings back lovely memories of our decompression in Paris. (And I was getting so sad looking at Edemno. It’s hard to leave.)
May 10, 2006 at 12:42 pm
Jenna Bunner
Ah, Paris in the the spring. I think both Notre Dame and the flowers are beautiful, especially since the inspiration and skill for the building of the cathedral originated with God himself!
May 15, 2006 at 4:33 pm
Dee O'Neil Andrews
I’m so sorry I haven’t had the opportunity (or energy) to comment the past several days. I read your last two posts last week, finally, but didn’t feel well enough to comment. But I’m doing better today.
Oh – and tell Maureen I’m SO sorry I missed her call! I hope she will try again when she can. I’ve needed some kind words and uplifting. This latest confinement has really been difficult. I’ll email y’all our new phone number here (she called on my cell phone, which I don’t have on too often and which doesn’t always get a great signal, either, and somehow I missed her call).
Your stop in Paris looks so wonderful. We need a vacation so very badly. Very badly. We didn’t get one at all last year, because we were suppoed to be going to Virginia for about 10 days last October to visit my son David and family and Tom’s brother in Maryland and to sightsee, as we always do, in our nation’s capital, even thugh we’ve been there many times (and I lived there for 6 1/2 years long ago), but couldn’t of course.
It still doesn’t look like we’re going to be getting away any time soon, either, even though Tom’s company promised us a few days of “paid vacation” last December anywhere we wanted to go, whenever we could go. I don’t know if the offer is still on the table or for how long. We were so looking forward to making that trip to Disney World, perhaps, this spring, but life continues to be most stressful here in Katrina Zone. MOST stressful.
As for your picture of the Notre Dame cathedral and the flowers – both are wonderful things, I think. For different reasons in different ways, but both bring glory to God, don’t you think? I certainly think they do. Anything man creates – creativity itself – is sacred and comes directly from God, in my view.
Hope to meet you all one day. One day soon. Meanwhile – I’ll work on your tag questions shortly. I’ll leave them in comment for you (and the whole world) to read – right?! I’m sure everyone is waiting with bated breath!
Cheers! Dee
May 5, 2007 at 8:18 am
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