Rowan's Favorite Things about Paris

1. Rowan loved all of the cross walks with signals (GREEN MAN!, RED MAN!). He would yell GREEN MAN! when it was our turn to walk across the street and RED MAN, RED MAN when we were crossing against the light. This morning he kept asking if we could wait for a green man today.

I'm not sure if the taxi driver was impressed with Rowan screaming GREEN LIGHT at every intersection between the apartment and the train station.

2. We took a few of Niamh and Rowan's toy trains with us so that they would have something to play with on the train and in the apartment. Rowan tossed Rosie (a "Thomas the Tank Engine" train) out of our 3rd story (4th floor in the US) apartment. I went out to look for it, but couldn't find it. I went back up and looked out the apartment and saw Rosie across the street under some bikes. We were about to leave for the afternoon, so we finished getting ready and Rosie was gone by the time we got to the street. Rowan now talks about Rosie's big ouch and how Rosie is up in the sky. I guess I'll be getting a new Rosie when I'm in the California next month

3. Rowan is really excited about the Eiffel Tower. We visited it on Friday afternoon, but did not up. As expected the lines were very long. I guess that is why the Brits listed it as the most disappointing tourist attraction in the world. Rowan spent the rest of the trip pointing out pictures of the Eiffel tower and mentioning it whenever it was visible.

More Paris commentary and photos to follow.