[Timeout]

Ha! Believe me, the least of your worries is whether I'm going to have a torrid affair with a French banker! LOL!

My friend and I just can't decide where we want to tour outside Paris. So we think we'll just leave some time open and decide after we've been in Paris for a week. We may hear of a great festival or a region where the fall colors are terrific. I love unstructured trips and that time of year we ought to be able to just head out without reservations. Wish y'all were going to be around longer and could go "adventurin'" with us. But I do look forward to meeting up with you and DH for some good food & wine!

[mountaineer]

If only we were going to Geneva this month:

Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former U.S. President Bill Clinton, joins a meeting with officials of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva on July 10, 2002. Clinton, who is studying Master of Philosophy in International Relations at Oxford, began July 1, a one-month internship to work on a new WHO initiative on healthy environments for children.

Ol' Crusty Jr.

Denis Aitken (R), Senior Policy Adviser to the Director-General of the World Health Organization, was not impressed.

[mountaineer]

Have you thought of Reims? It's a fairly short train ride from Paris and a visit to the Mumm champagne caves is lots of fun (free samples!) - check out the city's web site. I tried to interest Mr. M in running the Reims marathon on 10/20, but he decided that if it runs one this fall, it will be Huntsville in December.

[Endeavor]

I love off the cuff trips too. Makes life much more interesting. I'm sure you'll have a blast and we look forward to hearing all about it.

PS: Saw Tom Arnold in a repeat of True Lies the other night. OK, he's rubbing off on me.