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Hello from Paris
Got into Paris this morning. Had a minor heart attack when I went to get off the plane and opened up the overhead bin to find my camera bag gone. It was there 20 minutes before we landed when I put my laptop bag away, but I didn't see it anywhere when I stood up to exit the plane. I'm sure I looked like a salmon swimming upstream as I walked quickly off the plane to see if someone ahead of me had grabbed it. Then I heard this couple behind me trying to get my attention... seems the husband was doing his husbandly duties and grabbed my camera bag thinking it was his wife's camera bag as he was getting off the plane. When they got on the tarmac she noticed he had a camera bag, pointed to hers on her shoulder and asked him who's bag he had. Apparently they could tell that I was panicked (I'm guessing the lack of blood in my face gave it away), so they flagged me down and gave my bag back to me. Sure enough, hers was almost identical to mine, just a hair smaller. Whew. I crashed this afternoon after getting to the hotel. I think the cab ride with no air conditioning and the sun beating down on me thorugh the back window did me in. I think I almost lost my American breakfast on the French cab driver. Got up around 5 and took a walk for awhile before grabbing some Italian dinner and telling me waiter "gracias". Oops. Anyway, took a few photos that I'll post later. For now, here's Notre Dame which is about a 20 minute walk from my hotel room. Bon Jovi, Matt |