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Hey, Elizabeth. Hi, Gretch. Today we'll talk about an interesting question for thinking about our past

and a know-yourself better question inspired by Stephen King. But first, something making us happier.

Elizabeth, what's making you happier? Gretch, mom and dad's recent trip to Paris

has made me so happy. They had such a good time. I love that mom was just sending so many

pictures and videos. So I felt like we were there. I think she was inspired by us because remember,

we sent so many videos from our

trip to England, our walking trip, which was so great. And so she started doing that. I mean,

the video of Dad eating the chocolate souffle was my favorite. But it just is so nice to see them

out and about in Paris. You know, one thing I really

respect about them is they really have figured out public transportation. They are going all over

the place. Yes. And I think a lot of people when they're in a new city don't challenge themselves

to figure it out. But you feel so free when you can do it. Yeah, it was so fun just to get the daily weather report. Sometimes I would

look at them and find my phone just to see all of the French terms and where they were. Yeah,

I feel like I got a vicarious vacation myself. Yeah, and you know something that they did,

which I want to do in a city, is before they left, they got a book called Walking Tours of Paris.

And they, you know, self-guided, but they would pick a neighborhood and then do a walk through it.

And the book would say, here are good restaurants and shops to go to.

And I thought, well, that's such a fun, different way to explore a city than just going to this

museum, that museum sort of destination, but to just explore different neighborhoods.

Well, and that's really what they said. Like, they'd been there before. They'd done a lot of that.

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