7/4/86 Independence Day!

7/4/86
Independence Day and I missed it! At this very minute everyone is probably just finished the 2nd parade and is going on to party.

I spent the day in Paris. We went to a really big mall with museums and things in it. A modern art type building. Outside people were all over the town sitting and shopping, drawing caricatures and playing instruments. It was really neat!

We walked through the very crowded streets to Notre Dam Cathedral. I wasn't impressed. Many of the other cathedrals were much more beautiful and a lot less crowded! Then we walked some more and saw a Monastery of Jerusalem -- really pretty and then finally the National Archives.

It took an hour and a half to get home because of all the traffic.

It was a nice day out.

We finally got hot water again!

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