Almost like home

So ok, here is the 'gag' photo. But come on, if you're in Paris with your new wife you just have to do one like this right?  Why wasn't Lori here 4 years ago when I used to live here? That could have been so much fun.  Now,  she's a tourist and I'm the tour guide!.  

Paris feels very comfortable and it feels good to be back and to make contact again with some of the people I used to know and the church I used to be part of. But, unfortunately, it's just not quite the same as when you actually lived here

 and had an apartment to go back to every night.  It feels like home but not quite like home.

Ah, below, in the jardin de luxembourg.  One of the prettiest places in the world and in the center of Paris.  I

 am reminded again about 

what I like about Europe...the compact style of living, the  architectural beauty, the publicly owned infrastructure all around (parks, trains, historic buildings, museums, etc) with people hanging all about in large numbers all doing there thing.

This is Lori looking her gorgeous  self in a gorgeous setting.  Can it get any better than this!!!

Well, I think  it's time to head out from here for a short visit to Holland so that Lori will have a better idea of where I came from and what my family blood-line is like....and for her first ride on a train....at 230km an hour!