Semi Irregular Monthly Posting from Paris, FR

We arrived midday yesterday in Paris after an uneventful if occasionally bumpy flight from JFK.

We're staying at the Westin Paris in a room with a rack rate of €1320 (that's $1741 in today's ever diminish US dollars). Luckily, we're staying on Starpoints, which have not yet been revalued, technically "for free", though really it just means we spent enough on an AXP Starwood card to earn enough points to stay here for several nights.

We walked around a bit yesterday before collapsing in jetlag heaps in the room. We ate dinner at a nearby decent-but-somewhat-touristy café and then returned to the hotel to collapse in heaps, again, due to jetlag.

I woke up early this morning and after trying to return to sleep ended up walking around the area a bit, taking photos of Notre Dame as the sun rose in the east. The photos are on flickr now, I'll add some here when I get a chance.

And totally unrelated to France, I blame David Singer for the following language quiz thingamajig:

Your Linguistic Profile:

45% General American English

25% Yankee

15% Upper Midwestern

5% Dixie

5% Midwestern