Bonjour from Paris!

Hi guys,
This is tough as the keyboard is different: We arrived in Paris this afternoon: We left early this morning for the Waterloo station in London and got into Paris at about three this afternoon: We then checked into a coooolllll Holiday Inn: We are up on the fifth floor overlooking the main street; and we have balconies; plus our rooms are pretty nice: For those of you that have a map: We are in the southeast corner of Paris on the north side of the river by the Gard de Lyon train station: As we drove from the Gard de Nord train station to our hotel; I fell in love with Paris: We cant wait for tomorrow to get on the Open Tour bus line (like in London) where you can jump on and off: there are so many buildings that are the old French style with the whitish granite walls and grey roofs and then around them are the modern skyscrapers: It feels very funny not to be able to communicate in a languge we know: I want to learn French: I have a hard time understanding French words; but when we see it written; Craig and I can figure it out because the language is similar to Spanish: The train ride was great: We were under the water for twenty minutes: At top speed we were traveling at one hundred eighty six miles per hour: But it was so smooth: They served us really good food on the trip: We went for a walk and found a Garden of Natural History across the street from our hotel; it was hugh and beautiful gardens to walk around: And ate dinner at a side walk cafe: heaven!
Take care; love to all: Karen and Stan say hi!