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We had hoped to go on the city bike ride today, but the rain canceled it. By mid-afternoon, we were ready to get outside no matter the weather, so we walked down to the quai by the Eiffel Tower to see the world's fastest train. On a barge. See?



In April this French TGV set a record of 574.8 km/h, or nearly 360 miles per hour. The French are very proud of their trains in general and of this record, so they brought the train to Paris on a barge to show it off. We got some train schwag - hats that say "SNCF Record du Monde 2007" - and the kids got their picture taken with the actual engineer (the guy seen on this video).



Carter and I went to Annecy for a couple days during his random 5-day weekend that's just ending. I'll try to get those pictures up in the next day or two. Tomorrow it's back to the daily routines! Hope all are well.