Catheral of Notre Dame

The Historic Cathedral of Notre Dame suffered unrepairable fire damage today in Paris. It was in the process of renovation with wooden scaffolds set up within  the building. While no cause has been announced for the tragic loss, it appears to be related to the renovation. The French President has pledged to rebuild. My June 11, 1997, Journal entry included the following information of our visiting the Cathedral during a ten Country Globus tour of Europe with Carolyn and Julie. " We left the hotel at 8:00am with our Paris guide and it took an hour to get to the 

Cathedral.  A funeral was is process which limited our viewing. The Rose Windows were very impressive. We bought a set of cards" and got this picture of one of the entries from the Album that Carolyn and Julie put together of our trip. We went from the Cathedral to Eiffel tower and rode the elevator up to the first viewing area which must have been a couple hundred feet up. We went on a tour of the Palace of Versailles where the 2,000 acre area with gardens was great. We drove past many of the Paris landmarks. The next day we went down to the Louve and enjoyed many well known paintings. It was a great trip and an ideal time to have taken it. We enjoyed the companionship of the girls and their encouragement to do more that we might have on our own. 

This was a busy day here in Seward; Josh came a bit after 10:00am and gave me a good "sitting down group of exercises". I assured him that I would spend time on the Nu-Step which I did in the afternoon. I did the first 4 minutes without stopping, then 3 and 2 and the 10th minute with the resistance moved up to 7. It was a good workout.