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I don't quite know how it's snuck up on us so quickly, but we're leaving for London and Paris on Friday. As in three days from now.

We've booked the hotel in London, as well a copious amounts of theatre (Jonathan Pryce! Diana Rigg! Antony Sher!) and my grad school friend in Paris has been warned of our arrival and is ready to meet us at the train station. I've been trying to decide which of my many favourite touristy things in London to take the boy to (The National Gallery? The Tower? The BM?) and we're both trying to prioritize which of the many, many things in Paris to do in the five days we have in that city. (The Centre Pompidou and the catacombs are top priority. And doing at least one fun cinema-centric thing with the above-mentioned grad school pal) Looks like we'll also be taking the one day that we don't have theatre or a concert booked and doing a day trip to Bath. Mostly, I'm just looking forward to getting away and playing in two fabulous cities.

And of course, we've been accumulating wish lists of European DVDs to try and find in either place. Mine include the Patrice Leconte film, Les Specialistes, much beloved by

blktauna, and the requisite Bean films, Tom and Thomas and the Henry VIII mini-series. (Actually, the Henry VIII mini is playing on CBC the day we get back from the trip, but I'm figuring between the jet lag and general post-vacation exhaustion that my chances of seeing it/remembering to tape it are slim to nil.)

I'm trying not to think of all the things I've got to do before I can even leave this city. I'm sure somehow it'll all come together.

So, anyone on my flist in either of the aforementioned cities? Anyone have a suggestion for things we have to do?

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