Times Up Notre Dame

So if we did a little math:

• After your first 8,000 days you’re 22 years old
• After your first 16,000 days you’re 44 years old
• After your first 24,000 days you’re 66 years old
• After your first 32,000 days you’re 88 years old
• After that, you’ll probably qualify for bonus time and simply lose track of your days
• As for the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, it began in 1163 AD, or 856 years ago, or about 312,440 days ago.

We’re in a that race with time because many of us want to color in as many pages as possible – travel the world, taste all the best food, read the best stories, see the best movies, hear the best music with our best friends and family.

Sharon and I have had over thirty years racing along and coloring in all sorts of pages including visiting Europe five times already where we’ve entered majestic old buildings such as Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. These historical buildings open the doorway to the past – they truly were and are the eye candy of their time.

Actually, for a week we were neighbors of Notre Dame, just a couple of blocks away in the artistic part of the city, called “La Rive Gauche.”

We spent a busy week running around Paris, France, visiting the Lourve over and over again, the Palace of Versailles, the Musée d’Orsay, and other attractions like the Paris flea markets. At the end of each day, we walked around our adopted neighborhood along the Seine River right past Notre Dame. It all felt like we were rubbing shoulders with both history and historical events.

I’m sure that feeling motivated us to buy the small painting (pictured below) of our little neighborhood with Notre Dame one afternoon at a Paris flea market. It hangs with some other souvenirs in one of our hallways.

Times Up Notre Dame. We won the race with you. We’re glad we got there in time before today.