Surounded by kindness

We were in Paris this weekend for my birthday and something really struck us: how friendly and helpful the Parisians are! We had both heard how "arrogant" and "unfriendly" Parisians were and that was never the case. From the evening when we arrived and went to eat and they were about to close as the last table had just finished. Instead of turning us away, they opened their arms and told us what was good on the menu and were happy and smiled through our whole meal. It was the same way everywhere we went.

Then I was reminded about an article I read last Thursday about how they have found out that birds and especially those of the Crow-Raven family have such a strong memory...especially about who has been kind or unkind to them. As we were sitting in the park with the Eifel tower to the back of us we were joined in our lunch by a crow sitting across from us on the other bench. It was really fun how he was there the whole time, taking us in and maybe sensing that we were kind. I hope so!

Here's the article:http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/28/healthscience/sncrows.php