Another rainy day

I admit that the picture was not taken here today. This is Parc Monceau in Paris, described in Lonely Planet as "an English style park". It is located a bit more than a kilometer northeast along Avenue Hoche from Charles de Gaulle Etoile in the 8th arrondissement on the border with the 17th. That would be about three blocks from the Arc de Triomphe.It is relevant today because, just as it was raining that day in Paris, it is raining here today. In fact, we currently have a severe weather warning.

Champions League final from the Olympic Stadium in Athens, AC Milan 2:1 Liverpool. Hand ball on the first goal anyone?

A brief follow-up on the Roland Garros story: While we were wandering seemingly aimlessly through the 16th while using the Galleries Lafayette poster to try to find the tennis stadium, one of the things which confused us was stadium lights which were visible from the Metro. That stadium turned out to be not a tennis stadium but a soccer stadium, Parc des Princes. I have only recently learned that Parc des Princes is the home stadium of Paris-Saint Germain and also that it was the national stadium of France until the construction of Stade de France for the 1998 World Cup, which was won by . . . Bueller? Correct. The home team, France.