Liz' cousin, Mary, arrived Thursday from RI for a week. She is doing amazingly well with the jet lag, and is thrilled to fulfill a longtime dream by being here... especially seeing the Eiffel Tower for the first time. (I realized I had not included a picture of that... herewith corrected!)Lunch near the Eiffel Tower provided an opportunity to discuss American sports with our waiter, who happened to be a Patriots fan. He was, however, unable to comment lucidly on the Yankees / Red Sox rivalry. ("Here we do not do ze bessbole.")
Yesterday we took a boat tour on the Seine, then walked back riverside to the Tuileries Garden, where we enjoyed a ride on the giant ferris wheel... erected only for the summer. From there the walk continued to the Louvre, where we enjoyed the sunset. (Pictured is the entrance pyramid with some of the
Louvre to the left and also the beautiful arche de jardin.)With ten days left in Paris, my thoughts and even dreams are turning to home and resuming life and ministry there. This has been a remarkable oddyssey, and in the next posts I will reflect on some of what I am taking away from the experience.
Onward!
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