CISI Will Pay to Have Your Remains Shipped Home

BEFORE Reading Any Further: EVERYONE is FINE. In another Paris first our international insurance was put to the test and a few of us got to go see a Paris Hospital. Lauren was feeling less than OK so we decided to use our International Insurance (CISI) and take her to the local big H to get her up to snuff. What ensued was Tina Howe world famous playwright playing pantomines with a French doctor. The doctor consulted Lauren within twenty minutes of our arrival, issued three prescriptions, and blood tests for the whopping total of around 45 dollars or so. They were not quite sure what ailed her so we are going back Friday at High Noon to get her results (that's right healthcare and next day service, and we don't even live here). The hospital was very nice and the doctor was a champ. Following that little adventure we went to lunch where some of us had Escargot (those who did will report in soon). After lunch we went to movie theatre to catch 'the DaVinci Code' to help inspire us through the last leg of our Parisian Adventure. It was a good movie (many of us have read the book) and we saw many now familiar sights. If you haven't read the book skip the next part of this sentence (just so you know, the upside down Pyramid is actually in a shopping mall attached to the Louvre's underground entrance.)

The movie theatre itself was a three story 32 screen wonder with full bar and plush spaced out seats. More than one of us caught a little shuteye through parts of the movie. Once again no A/C.

Lauren is feeling much, much better as of publication (Friday Morning) and her smile has returned. She is doing much better than our dear Atlanta Braves, those of you in Georgia must help the Bravos, they are 2-9 since we left and are now 13 games back behind the METS! Please Tomahawk chop whenever you can!

The weather here has turned for the better. The rain is gone, the sun is back, but HEAT is still lost on the blue line somewhere, we all hope he grabs the third rail. The food is still great, Tina is still a constant source of great stories (ask her to tell you about her gifting war with Christo the designer of the Orange Gates in Central Park this past year etc.). We are beginning to contemplate our return, mahalo, plastic people of the universe