We dragged Severine to St. Sulpice to hear an organ concert. We lined up at a small door in the back of the cathedral. Everyone in the line had a Rick Steves’ book. While we waited we got to hear a 30 minute organ concert. Severine felt lost in a sea of tourists. Eventually we got to go up and see the “big organ” (they have a second small one for when people sing) and the talk to the organist. Amy asked lots of questions. Severine told the organist, “So you are the one making all that noise” and realized immediately after that she might have been too rude, but luckily, he played along and said, “yes I am.” It was really neat up there! He has a set of mirrors that let him watch the procession and all he has for organ music is a one line melody that he improvises ~10 minute pieces! Amazing! He’s been playing at St. Sulpice for 15 years or so and before that, 20 some odd years at Sacre Coeur, and before that, he pretty much played organ his whole life. He has his own little organ at home now, but that was a luxury he didn’t have when he was learning, so he played on low volume mode at churches to practice + Ate a baguette. The bread cut the roofs of our mouths! ouch! but we were hungry so we didn’t mind. + Relaxed and avoided the sun in Luxembourg Garden. Pigeon watched and discussed how Hemingway used to strangle them in this park. And this brought up the guillotine. + Met Patrick for roller skating at the bastille. We (Amy and Brian) still remembered how to “go”, but we had forgotten how to stop. We slowly made our way down the road, grabbing onto signs, buildings and posts for dear life every time we needed to stop or slow down. Amy crashed once, but her safety gear worked. After a while we began waiting for the rollerskating parade. Every week Paris has two huge skating events, one on Friday and one on Sunday afternoon. Around 10,000 rollerskaters and roller bladers turn out for these events every week. They arrived like a wheeled army, and we rolled into the front of the line. By the end of the route we were at the very end of the crowd. + Relaxed in a cafe by the Bastille and drank coffee and chocolate drinks. + We go back and Severine teaches us how to make a quiche like pie with cream and milk and eggs (three spoons of cream with three eggs with some milk), steamed salmon, pan cooked spinach in butter, and Parmesan cheese on top. Yum! +