Paris

Another new country. France! We are here for only a short bit, a couple days to be exact, but I am loving every moment of it. We are putting on workshops at the American School of Paris (Yes indeed, African children going to France to do concerts for Americans), and tomorrow evening we have a concert. Today after our workshops we headed out to see the city. I have to say, it is different than I thought. For some reason I thought it would be smaller, meaning smaller streets and buildings and such, more like what is found in the UK. So it was quite educational to learn it was so different than what I had in my mind, it is big. We were able to drive by most of the major sites in the middle of the city. I do have to admit though, the chaperones seemed to enjoy it more than the children I think, considering that the game the boys who sit behind me on the bus were playing was how many motorcycles they could count. Once they got up to a hundred they gave up.

As the children were told Paris is known as the City of Love. Brian pipes up "The City of Brian!...Yes everyone loves Brian, it is the city of Brian"

I bet you did not know that France and England have eyes. There is a fair going on, and so there is a large ferris wheel that we drove by. (The children had all just seen the London Eye a few weeks ago)
Collins "Ah look! It is London's eye!"
Primo "Yes look there, Paris has London's eye"
Collins "Maybe this is France's eye"
Primo "Yes, this is France's eye"