Family Bonding

Rain, rain.....I have never been in Paris with so much rain. Each day begins sunny and very quickly turns rainy and cool. We did not really plan on so much rain, except for having two umbrellas....but it did not deter us from visiting the Tour Eiffel and the Sewer Tour of Paris. Note: Rick Steves, Lutheran and travel guide extrodinairre, recommended the tour. But, he neglected to share how awful it smelled and that you see raw sewage while underground. Needless to say, my family will forever say "I would rather....[insert own negative experience]... than go on the sewer tour." For Sean, it was spending an entire day locked in a bathroom with only cereal to eat. For Seth, it was walking in the cold rain....

And is this not one of the reasons we experience things with those we love? This time of bonding and shared memories connect us as a family more deeply....

It is wonderful to be able to have this time with the boys while they are 8 (almost...) and 12. They are both traveling so well...Sean is perfectly content walking for miles as long as he knows he has my attention and can talk and tell me his thoughts without interruption. Seth became of videographer while Sean narrates what we are doing.