In late November, 2016, Carrieanna received this letter from her Uncle Ted, a former Grand Exalted Ruler (1991-92) and still very-active member of the Elks:
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Don’t know much about art …
… but I have visited a few incredible museums!
Here’s a short list:
In the Netherlands:
- Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam)
- Mauritshuis and M.C. Escher Museum (Den Haag)
In Italy:
- Vatican Museum and Galleria Borghese (Rome)
In Egypt:
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The Kindness of Strangers
Over the years I have heard that Parisians are rude.
I have never found that to be true — well, with the possible exception of *that one* taxi driver in 2002.
In fact, while visiting Paris in 2009, Carrieanna and I found the exact opposite to be true.
As noted in a previous blog post, we were in Paris to celebrate Carrieanna’s birthday.
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Carrieanna’s Aunt Becky speaks French and loves Paris – she has been there many times.
In April of 2009, we three — Rich, Carrieanna and I — spent three days in Paris.
This was Rich’s first visit; he wrote the following letter to Becky:
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A Day in Paris!
I believe I first became infatuated with Paris as a seventh grader, when I chose to take French as my foreign language class instead of Spanish, which would have been far more useful, but not nearly as romantic!
However, it wasn’t until 2002 that I actually visited the City of Light, and that’s when I fell in love with Paris. And realized that a 12-day visit was not enough. I wanted to go back someday.
That “someday” occurred in late fall of 2008.
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