Kathryn and I are right now aboard a TGV heading to Paris.
Last summer, we hosted a French high school student at our place in Phoenix for four weeks. We’ve stayed in touch with him and his family, and we’re going to Paris to meet the rest of them for the first time. His grandmother also lives nearby and is out of town for the weekend, so we’re going to stay at her place. They’re in one of the close suburbs of Paris, just outside the périphérique.
This is Kathryn’s first trip on a TGV. She doesn’t seem impressed.