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Last chapter in this book    Since our last email on Sunday, we ventured to the Moulin Rouge that evening. For those that don't know Moulin Rouge, it is the original Can Can. They started here in the late 1800's. The meal was pretty darn good (not cheap either). The price did not include the show, which you needed reservations for (3 days in advance). By the way, the show was pretty good in itself. A lot of short dance skits and three entertainment skits (two guys juggling each other; a ventriloquist; a hand shadow perfomer). The dance skits were, shall I say, entertaining. Up to 30 women performing and at least 4 were barebreasted in each number (think Las Vegas revue's). Enjoyable night it was. And an enjoyable trip it was too. That ended our vacation.   On the flight back into Dallas, they asked if I was on any farms or ranches. I said no and off I went. I don't think grape farms count in this case. Azucena also had no problems on her trip through Houston.   Overall, the trip was a success. I had a great time. The weather was real nice (last email, I said it was in the 70's, actually it was in the 50's for the last two evenings) to us practically the whole time. I had access to laundry and the internet. Work survived without me, I think. I didn't have any trouble getting around in London or in France. What little I did try to converse in France, I got along fine. Azucena had a semester of French about 10 years ago and then the last two months cramming the language. She wasn't sure she would do any good, but no one changed her to english. She learned a lot and was able to hold a pretty good conversation.    As you can tell, I had a great time. Not everything is as cut and dried as it sounds. There were a lot of areas that we had to adapt to (Do as the Romans do, comes to mind). Food, restrooms (the french still use the squat style in a lot of places), subway, funky keyboards, etc. So as long as we adapted, we were going to have a great time. I'd do it again, although 3 weeks is a bit too long.   It's been a long day. Let's see, 10:26pm Texas is about 5am France. Yep, been a long day. I guess I'd better turn in and get some sleep so I can make it to work in the morning.   Thanks for your comments and I'll see you soon.   Randy & Azucena.   Chapter done, story over, book closed.