We had grand plans for our second day in Paris - trips to the Louvre, or Pere Lachaise. Walks in the Marais. Sadly these didn't work out. John was down for most of the day with a 24 hour stomach bug and spent most of the day in bed. Zoya and Paula did get to spend some quality Mommy / daughter time together, filling out Zoya's wardrobe (some out...

Before I met Emmanuel´s family, I was intimidated by France because of the traveling horror stories I had read about how mean the french can be to americans. Well, I took the momentum and few French words they gave me and successfully navigated Paris, France´s spectacular captial. There´s so much to tell! Day 1 I arrived at 7am and ran into a ma...

On Friday, we caught the train into Paris and walked around for the rest of the afternoon seeing the sights. We went into the Louvre in the evening, since it is free on Friday nights if you are under 26. The Mona Lisa had moved since the last time I was there into a larger room with a lot more security. It was almost more interesting to see the ...