Last stop - PARIS!

Here we are waiting for the train in the metro. I think I sent a wave of panic into everyone (except my husband, of course!) when I told them that should they get left behind in the train by not getting off quickly enough, to just stay on the train and get off at the next stop. Someone would then come and get them. I thought this was wise advice since that exact thing almost happened to us in São Paulo on our very first day in that massive city. Our mission leader was on the platform and we were in the train when the doors suddenly closed, just as we were getting on. About 3 seconds later they opened again, but I think those were the longest 3 seconds of our lives! We had no money, no map, no way to communicate and not a lot of courage at that point! But, it was a good lesson to not panic and we certainly haven't forgotten it.


After considerable maneuvering, we finally arrived at the Eiffel Tower. One of the metro lines was not running so we felt like we'd really accomplished something when we finally reached our first destination.


We wandered quite a bit... Here's a statue of Joan of Arc.
This officer was an amazing traffic cop!
Notre Dame.