** Oh it's magic, you know **

Tonight was my last in Paris for two weeks, but it was also one of my favorites.

It started out with a Christmas concert featuring an organ, a children's choir, and lots of great christmas music. Then we went to a café where I had a vin chaud and warmed up before getting in line to check out ice skates. The hotel de ville has a free ice skating rink, and you can rent a pair of skates for 5 EUR if you don't happen to have your own. Not too bad! We hung out and skated for a while until the frostbite started to set in, at which point we decided to walk over to Au Pied du Cochon for a bowl of the naughty stuff: the BEST french onion soup in Paris. It tates like butter and the cheese baked on top could be a meal in and of itself.

We quickly sat ourselves down, ordered a pair of bowls and gorged. Feeling warm and full, we went for a walk through the snow-covered louvre, down the seine, into the latin quarter, past the Fontaine St. Michel, and Notre Dame before heading home to a warm apt and a cold glass of beer.

What a perfect night.
Germany tomorrow!