Paris encore

Yippee!! As we speed on the TGV (tay-jay-vay) toward Paris, Daddy extended his stay for 3 more days! We arrived at our apartment in the 7th Arrondisement and found big windows overlooking the Hotel des Invalides and the Tomb of Napoleon (and some other guys). Anna rightly identified the famous dome of the chapel as similar to St. Peter's Basilica -- indeed, the Baroque Eglise du Dome was inspired by the one in Rome. (Anna drew St. Peter's dome while we were in Rome. Maybe she'll grow up to be an architect....)

So, what was our first priority in Paris? FIND THE HARRY POTTER MOVIE. We've been waiting, like, a year to see the next installment, The Half-Blood Prince (Le Prince de Sang Mele en francais). And, here it was, right on the Champs-Elysee and in English. Paris-smaris. Get those tickets! Bear in mind that Anna and Sophie haven't seen an English language television program or movie in nearly 4 weeks. Sure, they've blandly watched a couple American movies dubbed in Italian and a funny game show in French. But it's just not the same. After 2 hours and 33 minutes of lush English dialogue and a visual feast of special effects, we agreed...it was sooooo awesome.