Memorial Day in Paris

Today was Memorial Day in the United States and I wanted to honor our soldiers. There is an American cemetery just outside of Paris in Suresnes. After wondering around the train station for several minutes (there were two Starbuck coffee shops), I finally found an information desk that knew where to point us.

We took the short train ride to Suresnes and climbed the hill to this beautiful spot. It was a gorgeous day. The American in charge of the memorial, Angelo Munsel, was so so nice. The memorial service had been on Sunday so there was no one there except us and Angelo.

 The views from the memorial and an overlook which is at the bottom of the site are fantastic. You can see all of Paris.

By the time we made it back into Paris via the tram and walking across the Seine, it was time for evening tennis. We got into Court No. 3 to see Chris' favorite player, Francesca Schiavone.  It was a good match. Franny won in two straight sets.

After Franny's match, we went to another with Rhyne Williams, an American. He lost a long match with a Polish player.  That was it for evening tennis. We came back to our neighborhood and had dinner at a Middle Eastern restaurant with fabulous French table wine.