Out With a Bang!

This past weekend was our last full weekend in France.  I would like to thank the people of France for giving us a tremendous and memorable send-off.  On Saturday we headed to Paris.  After a day of being a tourist in our "home town" we were treated to the most amazing fireworks display at the Eiffel Tower surrounded by roughly half a million of our closest French friends.    Coincidently our farewell fell on Bastille Day (the French national holiday), but I still like to think the celebration was for us.

For the sake of making life simple we stayed the night in Paris.  Sunday morning we went to the Rodin Museum and saw many of his works incuding the famous "The Kiss" and "The Thinker."

Upon our return to Fontainebleau we headed off to the central square in town to watch Les Bleus take on Croatia in the World Cup finals.  We were joined by over 9000 of our closest local friends.  The French team did not disappoint and the town went wild celebrating the world championship.

What a tremendous final weekend in France, truly one we will not soon forget!