These are pictures taken from the Bateaux Mouche, which was a really great boat ride we took with these lovely people whose three week visit is now over. Kathrin had her birthday yesterday, safely back in Northern California. She said she was planning on Shell beach complete with the Indian dining experience it offers. The Bateaux Mouche is one of the few things I really want to do again with Kristin and Lynne when I meet them in Paris mid-March. The book Sofie is holding is "Princess Poppy; The Fashion Princess." Anja was reading,"Witch Week" on the boat so she missed some of the tour. And Sofie sat beside her studying her own book with the exact pose and expression seen here on Anja's face. Very cute. Sofie loves reading to herself, but doesn't know how to read yet. Sometimes I think she will start reading on her own and surprise us, but in reality she is probably a long way off? Now we are planning on our next great adventures, trying to decide which things to keep, send, etc.. as we will be moving on from Cluny sometime in April after returning from England where we will spend two weeks with family, in Totnes, Devon, and Bristol. Caleb's birthday is this Sunday so we are also trying to plan a dinner party for that on Sunday which I hope will be fabulous. Our German friends want to try some South American food. I'm not sure if we are the right people to do that for them. If we pull it off, it will probably be Californian- Mexican with a French flair. Anja who is reading over my shoulder has informed me that the man wants Tortilla soup for his birthday, so Tortilla soup it will be. Anja is my writing coach. She sits beside me chanting, "Publish, Publish, Publish Post."