An Affair of the Heart

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It happened in the City of Light, the City of Love—Paris. I was invited to give a talk on the third day of a three-day technical conference. On Wednesday, I acted out a dress rehearsal of my Friday talk. Left my apartment with a backpack full of handouts, my computer, snacks, jacket, umbrella, Metro map, and everything else I needed to survive and flourish in a place where I didn’t speak the language.

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Author's Note: Paris is truly a remarkable city. I had the good fortune to teach a weeklong course there every year for ten years. I rented an apartment in the Marais or along rue de Rivoli and tried to live like a native in the Paris Cafés. I always took an additional week to tour the city and do a photo shoot. This is the story of what happened the year the tour of the city and the photo shoot was pre-empted by an affair of the heart.
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