When you only have a year in a place, you are really motivated to see and do as much as you can. Erin, for example, has become famous, among her various groups of friends here, for how many different things we've done and places we've visited.
One of the things I was really hoping to see this year was Paris covered with snow. I've probably romanticized this scene for years, starting with our fondness, twenty years ago, for Michel Delacroix's paintings of Paris, many of which portrayed winter scenes.
But would Mother Nature cooperate? Through much of December and January I waited and wondered. It was often cold enough but we couldn't get the right combination of temperature and precipitation.
Then, last week, it really snowed. We got 2-3 inches over the course of a few days. The kids had snowball fights and made a snowman. We took long walks and snapped a lot of photos. The nearby park was alive with people and we, like many others, broke the rules and played in areas we weren't supposed to enter. (Evidently last year when it snowed, the authorities thought it would be a good idea to close the park. This year, they just roped off most of it.)
One of the things I was really hoping to see this year was Paris covered with snow. I've probably romanticized this scene for years, starting with our fondness, twenty years ago, for Michel Delacroix's paintings of Paris, many of which portrayed winter scenes.
Then, last week, it really snowed. We got 2-3 inches over the course of a few days. The kids had snowball fights and made a snowman. We took long walks and snapped a lot of photos. The nearby park was alive with people and we, like many others, broke the rules and played in areas we weren't supposed to enter. (Evidently last year when it snowed, the authorities thought it would be a good idea to close the park. This year, they just roped off most of it.)
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| Kids in the middle of a snowball fight |
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