décembre 26, 2002
Serious Food Shopping

Milad and Bill Betzel discover the treasures of the rue Cler market but are less than thrilled at having their pictures taken.
Ninotchka

Jeanne and Bill Betzel near the Christmas tree at the Église Saint-Sulpice: Jeanne has a new Paris hat from the great Marie Mercié.
The Pyramid

Under Pei's pyramid, Jeanne and Bill heading for a most strenuous site-seeing day at the Louvre.
Bill in Jail

Cousin Bill under control: we're taking him to the Café Marly at the Louvre for a well-earned lunch.
Christmas Eve Dinner

Christmas Eve dinner at the apartment: the cousins about to enjoy vegetable and crab terrine with salmon caviar and curry sauce from Le Nôtre.
décembre 21, 2002
Boudin
82 Bus

Babette waiting for the 82 bus.
Cyber Paris

Babette paying after our session ay the cybercafé.

Caféorbital at the Luxembourg.
décembre 18, 2002
First Foie Gras

Our first foie gras aux figues from Hédiard with a nice Gaillac Doux. The next one to try is au gelée de lavande from Dalloyau. At least we are walking here...
Xmas Decoration

Some of our Chritmas decorations from Rosemarie Schulz.
Cold

When we first got to Paris, the heating was being fixed. Babette got all wrapped up trying to keep warm.
décembre 08, 2002
Amazon Invasion
Arthur & Nancy were kind enough to host our small amazon while we are in Paris.

So we moved everything over to their house, and as you can see we were somewhat relieved afterwards.
Tornado Shelter
Mom & Dad have the outside walls of their new house west of Fort Worth in Tornado Alley part way up. Here is a picture of Mom enjoying the comfort of their new tornado shelter.
décembre 05, 2002
First Snow