Missed a day - travelling from Paris to London. We did manage to go to Musee d'Orsay inthe morning on Wed. Very cool to seeing origina Monets, Manet, Van Goghs and other greats. Jon and Sophie were upset because they did not see a mime while in Paris. Correction - we did se a "mi". He was getting dressed and putting on his mime makeup on a Paris bridge so not a full mime yet. Chunnel ride was quicker it seemed, maybe because we were all excited to be going to London ... and because we had train seats that were facing each other and spent the ride playing pictionary. Got into London around 3:30p and checked in. Robb and I have a quaint (aka small room). Robb stubbed his toe on the bed walking in. ... read more

Hop On, Hop Off (HoHo) - spent today riding the open double decker bus doing the loop of Central Paris (Eiffel Tower, Rodin Museum, etc.) and also Bercy-Bastille (Notre Dame). Note: Jon got super excited because he saw the right scapula (i.e. right back bone) of the original Thinker by Rodin. Note2: Robb commented that Rodin's Thinker had a realistic crack in his butt. The tour bus gives headsets to listen to prerecorded tapings of the various attractions, interspersed with local french music. We discovered that Robb has some sort of metal anamoly - every headset that he puts on, breaks. In fact, Ann shared her headset with Robb and the single earphone that went into Robb's ear, stopped working! Good thing the headsets come free with the bus tickets. After two nights of late excursions, ... read more