Paris, France

After a long overnight train and surviving the broken air conditioner
of our coach, we arrived in the city of love to find it raining. And
rained all day, it did.

Out first adventure of the day consisted of a thirty minute ordeal to
try to find a way to London that was economically feasible, but it
just wasn't meant to be. After hearing the advice of our ticket agent,
we agreed to travel to Brussels, Belgium in lieu of London. Chocolate
and waffles here we come!

After settling in at our hostel, we ventured out for lunch to a place
Daniel frequented when he was studying abroad in Paris. La Top Gun was
excellent.

We then met up with the New Europe walking tour for a three hour wet
adventure through the city. We had a really funny Australian tour
guide, but the rain and our combined knowledge of the history of Paris
made it seem like we could have benefited more by frolicking on our
own. At least we can say we have walked through Paris in the rain!

Afterwards, we took some well needed showers. Daniel and I discovered
that we managed to sunburn ourselves pretty decently in Nice (ouch!)!!
We better use more sunscreen next time!

We headed to dinner on the Champs Élysées, courtesy of my parents! We
found a Belgian restaurant that served superb mussels, and we had a
great time picking away at those and talking over breaking bread.
Thanks Mom and Dad!

To end the night we watched the last Harry Potter movie. We originally
planned to see it in London, but that plan went south fast after 500
euro Chunnel tickets. We all enjoyed the last installment of our
childhood series and are very sad that it is all finally over.
Mischief Managed!

Tomorrow we head to Normandy!!

Tim