Still Sunday morning

I stood in the middle of the Champs Elysees to take this. It's early Sunday morning so not much traffic just now. Recognize the landmark ahead? We saw it briefly one night earlier this week, but it was blowing heavy rain and freezing cold so we didn't spend much time there or get to go up on top which is supposed to be a sight to behold. Bonnie was nice enough to take me on a short sightseeing tour this afternoon, and one of the main things I wanted to do was to take an auto tour around the Arch d Triomphe but I didn't even suggest it because we were all so tired from the late concert last night and early morning today. Next time.


This is the American Church in Paris where I played this morning. It's beautiful, it's old, it's the first American organization established outside American soil, and it was GREAT to be there. I played three pieces and I was so very honored that Fred Gramman played the piano for me. Those of you in the music world probably know what an honor that was.
Not a word of French was spoken during the service, and I knew every part of the service as if it had been one in Pensacola. I was so very relieved that I could speak to anyone there in my native tongue. If you look closely in the very bottom right hand corner you can see the top of the Eiffel Tower.

I had a short amout of time to walk around before it was time for me to show up at the church, so I walked down to the Eiffel Tower since it was just a few blocks away. What an incredible thing!