We spent the better part of the morning trying to find an outdoor public pool - never found one, much to the boys' dismay. In lieu of the cool water, I took the boys to the Luxembourg Cathedral. Don't laugh...they actually liked it. The bottom of the cathedral is the tomb where the royal family is put to rest. A little creepy, but super interesting. At one point Ben was banging on a sculpture because it was making a great echo sound. I finally walked over to see what he was doing and noticed it was a commissioned sculpture from the 1600's. I quickly looked around to see if anyone had noticed the cute American boy using the sculpture as a percussion instrument and high tailed it out of there.
Ok, now I'll explain the title of this blog...you might not want to let the kids read it...kind of PG-13.
I was in a small parking lot trying to find a spot and the boys were reciting, "Hail Mary full of grace, help us find a parking space." After a couple of minutes circling the lot, a gentleman walked towards his car and I happened to be right there ready to take his spot. As I was waiting there with my blinker on, a car slammed into reverse and stopped right in front of me. I was sure this person wasn't going to take the spot that was rightfully mine...wrong. As soon as the spot was available, the mystery car pulled in before me. Four French business men stepped out of the car with jackets slung over their shoulders, lighting cigarettes and casually sauntered by my car, as if they had every right in the world take the spot. One of the Frenchies even had the audacity to smile and shrug his shoulders at me and thus, I felt compelled to communicate as best I could to those men. I rolled down my window, thrust my hand out and gave them the international hand sign for peace (minus a finger). I'm not proud of what I did, but it sure did feel good. I may have also insulted their World Cup team...
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