Pathetic

Yes we are.

So today is the semi finals for the men's singles at Roland Garros (French Open, tennis). Andrew and I have been looking forward to watching these games (the semis and finals) for a really long time now (even though Roger didn't make it to the semis and we are slightly crushed - thank goodness for Nadal!). So today we get into our shirt and shorts, put sunscreen on, get a blanket to sit on, and bring our hats and sunglasses to watch the game on the big TV outside of l'Hotel de Ville (in city centre). It was so hot out (27) that we only lasted a couple of hours, not even seeing the first of the two matches. Andrew and I were actually asked to play a match of tennis with these other "semi pros" or ex semi pros behind where we were watching (they have a clay court in the middle of city centre set up), but we had on our flip-flops and were too hot so had to decline. We were so hot we had to go back to the hostel and watch the games from there. Here we are in the forum.

Before we went to the games we went to the top of l'Arc de Triomphe and took a few pictures.  Here is the Arc from below. It is big.

View from the top.

When we got to the Arc (and we have been warned by scams that start like this), a foreign woman approached us and asked if we spoke English. I put my head down and kept walking. Andrew looks her in the eyes and says to her, "Nope! I'm sorry!". I thought that this was pretty funny.

Tonight we plan on going back to the Arc after dark to see the city lights and to see the Eiffel Tower light show. We'll post some pictures when we get back in from that.