Visiting My Parents in Paris...

When I found out that my dad was going on an European tour again with the Stanford Jazz Band (despite his age and the fact that he never attended Stanford) and wouldn’t be visiting us, I was disappointed. My disappointment faded quickly after Dad invited me to join him and Ann for three nights in Paris, which was the first stop on their two-week tour. They had just arrived in Europe, so our first night was quite mellow with dinner with the band at the hotel.

The following day, Ann and I took a long walk while the band rehearsed. We walked across Luxembourg Gardens, which is a huge park starting near our hotel in Montparnasse.

Eventually we made our way to the Seine. It is estimated that the one million love locks on Pont des Artes bridge weighed 45 tons; they were removed from the bridge in June and replaced with panels painted by street artists.

Of course, we had to pose in front of Notre Dame.