Thursday, March 24, 2011

eiffel tower evacuation

jj had her first french lesson today. the teacher did most of the talking, but i think she was just trying to make jj comfortable. she even mentioned that, and assured me that over time jj would do more talking. 

afterwards, i walked the dog over to the eiffel tower with jj to meet f. and parents. they were planning on going up. it was so crowded. we couldn’t find them, maybe they were late. so i got in line with the dog, while jj went around looking for them. more than one french person came to tell me that dogs weren’t allowed up to the top. i thought it was very nice of them. i was just a place holder. we met our friends, but before i could even tell them i was holding their place in line, i heard a guard say that they were evacuating the area. since the last set of various warnings, i felt that i wanted to avoid being in touristy places and had avoided being under the eiffel tower. p said i was being over-neurotic. especially since i hang out NEXT to the eiffel tower all the time. anyway, there was an unaccompanied package and a telephone call, so they evacuated. you may have heard it on the news. so we got out of there quickly and walked along in the park. then we had a coffee in a nearby cafe.
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