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We found some incredible deals on ryanair.com the other day. For only 1 pence, we can fly from Glasgow to Paris. It sounds like a good deal at first, but then you convert it to dollars and realize that it actually costs about 1.8 cents. Seriously, there were a lot of fees--it ended up costing about $40 each round-trip. Still, you can't beat $40. We're going on October 6 and coming back on the 9th (in time to hear the Auburn game on the internet).

This weekend, we had our own "French Day." We ate French food, checked out some French guidebooks, and bought some phrase books at a second-hand shop. It's fun reading the British French books. They say things like, "France is, of course, our nearest neighbour and you can hop over the Channel and escape for a day or so in order to practice your French." Sounds like a jolly-good idea! A guidebook reads, "We know: you were dragged around [the sights] on the school trip to Pars, but the city's top ten tourist draws are enduringly alluring, so have a look...." Yes, yes. Those buggers dragged us all over Paris when we were wee. What torture!