Quick takes

We had such a long day yesterday that we went straight to sleep without a post.

Here's the thumbnail: We took the Metro to the Champs-Elysees and saw the Arc de Triomphe, had lunch at Laduree and then took a look at the Tour Eiffel. The girls documented it in a slideshow. The slideshow does not include a couple of injuries. Nicole fell down the stairs in the apartment and has a large gash and bruise on her back (she's fine, just sore). Anna fell up the Metro escalator at the Champs-Elysees and we had to clean up the blood with a nice bottle of Vittel water (she's also fine; we just carry bandaids with us now). Injured and exhausted, we went home, gathered our dirty laundry and spent a couple hours at the laundromat, reading The Lightening Thief while our clothes got clean. We agree that we've surely gotten all major ouchies for the trip out of the way and can proceed in safety.