Paris and London with the Folks

Saint Chappelle Church, Paris

Mom and Dad at the Sacre Couer

Italian woman dancing to ragtime jazz on the steps of the Sacre Couer

Parisian lovebirds.

Mom and Dad in Saint Chapelle Church

One of the few pictures we got of all three of us, under the Sacre Couer.

My English friend David, who I met in Turkey last year, and I in London

Accordion artist in the Paris Metro

Late in coming as usual, here are some photos from my nine-day trip to Paris and London. It was a fantastic time spent eating good food, sleeping in a badass hotel, and hanging out with my parents and some old travel friends. It was especially fun sharing in my parent’s first experience outside of North America. My mom immediately fell in love with Paris, and my dad made us all laugh by constantly using ‘bonjour’ for everything: hello, goodbye, thank you, you’re welcome, and excuse me, among others. He also consistently pronounced Versailles as ‘Ver-Sally’s.’ But of course we only loved him more for it. One personal highlight of the trip was speaking Arabic with a Moroccan guy in a market in Paris’ Porte De Clignacourt neighborhood. He was so pleased with me that he gave me five euros off a pair of Chucks.

All in all, it was a really special time with my folks. Hopefully there’ll be more trips like it to come.