paris....

ok, so...it seems that my blood kin are split on yet another subject...one that is for now and forever off-limits as a discussion worthy topic at gatherings......there is of course.....politics.....and then global warming....and now paris......my brother, my mother, and now my nephew....have all weighed in as anti-paris.......my nephew, in his recent travel monologue.....recited over dinner about the rude reception he had at his hotel ( at cdg-airport as well as in town).....a sentiment that my mother heartily endorsed as the rest of sat agape..........who doesn't love paris?......i ventured aloud that i had been to this marvelous city 13 times with only a few bad experience...and those being unsuccessful pickpockets.....hardly worth mentioning......but my nephew being my brother's son was not to be proved wrong.....and so we moved on to discussion about his i-phone.....a much safer topic......sadly...it is not quite intuitive enough for me...as i could not manage to add my personal information to his database......yet another schism between kin.......