Ah, Paris in the Rain.

Well, we just saw that film Midnight in Paris before we left. Owen Wilson wanders around the city wishing it would rain. He would have been so happy tonight. We packed for hot,summer temperatures here in France, according to the 10 day forecast before we left. It changed drastically. Anyway, so rainy. But still a beautiful city.
We took a bus tour/illuminations tour tonight which was supposed to be a tour of the city of lights. Right when we got on the driver said something like, oh but in the summer it doesn't get dark until 10:00 so this will just be a tour. Really not what we paid for. Luckily we ran late so the sun did go down but the bus windows were covered with rain streaks so was kind of like a cool kaleidoscope.
We did go to see Notre Dame earlier today and that was beautiful as expected. Again, not much changes about these age old buildings.
What we've learned is that Taylor loves America and I think I'm just bored with it. This is not to say I don't cherish my freedom and my comforts...but something I recently read in a JK Rowling article struck me. She made comment that she was not inspired by things she sees every day. She travelled around seeing things and getting thoughts. I think that's what I mean by bored...not inspired.
Anyway, tonight we were sitting at a late night cafe and a police car stopped out on the road in from of us. I'm not positive but the cop in the front seat raised a glass to me like he was drinking a whisky. I thought it was a joke police car or something until a few minutes later we saw it driving across the way, lights flashing. Only in Paris.