The Karlin Goes to Paris

Well, the karlin has gone international! In November my company sent me to Paris to work on a conference there. Now granted, it was Paris in late November so the sights weren't as spectacular as they could have been, but it was fabulous all the same.

Here I am on top of the Arc de Triomphe in the middle of Paris. If you click on the photos and look closely you can see that even the French promote the karlin whenever possible.



Here I am actually touching the Eiffel Tower. I think that these kinds of photos are important because anyone can get a picture of these monuments at any gift shop, but a photo of me actually touching the monument, brings home the point that I was really there.


And here I am at Notre Dame. I have a photo of me actually touching the building also, but it is somewhat uninteresting. Besides the guy behind me seems to be named Karlin which just goes to prove that even though few have heard of us, we are everywhere.

While I was in Notre Dame it occurred to me that I could be standing on the exact spot where Napoleon once stood when he uttered those immortal words "Hmmm, I'm a little hungry... I think I'll have a baguette." I love to visit old places where famous historical people have trod and imagine them doing the same everyday things that I am doing.

I have posted this series a little late and actually Christmas has come and gone; so next posting I'll have to show all what Santa brought the Karlin. I hope that everyone had fabulous holidays!