Bonjour Paris!

One of the highlights, for me, to living in Saudi Arabia, is the likely hood of traveling more frequently.  We took advantage of this our first opportunity during an Islam holiday called Eid.  I will tell you my limited understanding of this holiday. There are 5 pillars to the Islam faith.  The fifth pillar is to take a pilgrimage to Mecca during a special time called the Hajj which lasts about a month.  After the Hajj is over, people celebrate for a week and call that Eid.  I have been told here that it's like a week long Thanksgiving where family get together and have feasts and give presents and celebrate.  Please do not quote me on any of the limited explanation I just gave.  As it relates to us, John had a week off work and we flew to Paris!

I love Paris.  Surprisingly, Paris is not only a city for romantics but it is also very much a city for kids.  We are lucky to actually have made this our second trip to Paris as a family and feel very much at home visiting the Ross Family.  This go around, we had extra reasons to be happy since we were joined by John's Grandma and brother, David.   We only stayed four nights.  But since we were not trying to overcome jet lag, it felt like we were able to do quite a lot. We arrived at our rental apartment at 9 pm on Saturday and were greeted by the wonderful Ross ritual of baguette, Roquefort cheese, and wine.  We spent the next three days touring carousels, playgrounds, and yes touristy places as well. Here is a photo dialog of our trip:

Since a picture is worth a thousands words, I will say only this:  

Merci Ross, Grandma and Dave! So fun!