Weekend in Paris

I was fortunate enough to be invited to give a seminar in Paris this past week. It was a long weekend as Monday was a holiday (Pentacost is a day off in most of Europe). So, Elena, Gertraud (our invaluable French speaker), the boys and I all got on the TGV on Friday and made a long weekend of it in gay Paris. The boys had been clamoring to ride this superfast train since we arrived on the continent last summer and, at last, we had the excuse to do it.

We had ideal weather, with sun and upper 70s every single day. Our hotel, chosen by my host Stephan (the guy in with dark hair and glasses in several pictures below), was in the heart of the latin quarter and walking distance to Notre Dame and many other great locations. One of our favorite was Luxembourg Park, which features some great picnic real estate, a cool merry go round where Elliot is using a stick to try to capture brass rings, and the huge statue of a head.