Hello All:
It is a gorgeous day in Paris today - Sunny, with bright blue clear skies, reminding us all that spring may actually be on it's way - and that Matt and I have been here for almost 6 months now -
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| UNESCO Globe and Eiffel Tower |
This week was particularly event filled because a friend of Matt's parents, Jill Banfield, was North American winner of
thethe L'Oreal Women in Science Award, and was in
Paris all week to receive it.
The Award is presented jointly by L'Oreal and UNESCO,
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which is based in
Paris. This meant we went to not just one but TWO fancy events this week - a cocktail party at
the US Ambassador's residence, and
the Awards Ceremony at
the UNESCO Headquarters. We met a bunch of young State Department employees at these events, which was pretty cool - a whole new contingent of Americans in
Paris. In addition, for this week's funny story, I will tell you about my continuing attempts to defend myself in
the big city using my limited French - with decidedly mixed results.
