Happy July 4th from Paris

Due a hectic traveling schedule, I am going to find myself in Paris during 4th of July (for international readers, that is the U.S. Independence Day). I mentioned this to one of my friends and he commented that was kind of ironic "to be in France on July 4th". I thought it was perfectly fitting to be in France on Indepenence Day. The French, after all, supported the "colonies" bid for independence and financed the American revolution.