Paris 101

This being the first trip to Paris for our kids, we're starting out with all the tourist highlights. Our day started at the Louvre, and after lunch we wandered through the Tuileries and along the Champs Elysees, and climbed the Arc de Triomphe. For anyone planning a visit to Paris, I highly recommend the Paris Museum Pass (http://en.parismuseumpass.com). We bought these mainly for the potential cost savings of paying a single price to visit multiple museums and attractions during our stay, but it also allows the holder to almost completely bypass the lines at major attractions. Here we are on the Arc de Triomphe, with the eastward view in the background.

Canada adopted the metric system many years ago, but there are still some things that use Imperial units. Just like in the United States, a big sub is a footlong and a small one is a six inch. In France, the metric system seems to be more pervasive.