Une mémoire de Paris

I am joyful!  

I had the most wonderful surprise waiting for me in my inbox today, and I just have to share it with the e-world!

Three years ago, to celebrate turning 30, I traveled on the most fantastic trip to Paris with the "other" Jenny and two other dear friends, Nancy and Sarah. I LOVED Paris, and the entire trip was amazing, beautiful and exciting.  Each day, Jenny and I took tons of photos (and no, I haven't scrapbooked them yet, but they are in an album).  

On one of my favorite days, we explored a parisian market in the morning.  While taking in the sights, sounds and smells, we came upon the most beautiful display of fruits and vegetables, being sold by three handsome young men.  They were cheerful and charming, and we asked to take a photo of them with their colorful produce.  We promised to send them the photo, and took the email address of one of them.

However, in the excitement of returning home, I misplaced the email address.  Three years, one move and one additional child later, I was cleaning out my scrapbook supplies and I came across the paper with the email address!  I didn't know if the address would still be in use, but I took the chance, and sent off the photos, with a note en francais (thank you babelfish!) 

Today, I received a response from that cheerful and charming young man, in french, thanking me for the photos!  Email is a wonderful thing, and it is absolutely true that our world gets smaller every day!  It brought me such happiness, and a flood of wonderful memories, to get that email and know that somewhere in Paris, across an ocean, a man who speaks another language is probably sharing the photos with some friends, and laughing about the american who took his photo and sent it three years later.

What a marvelous day.  J'aime la vie!