As it is Sunday, I went to The Cathedral of the Madeleine for mass this evening. The church is gorgeous (although not as breathtaking as St. Mary's IMHO). Unfortunately it was sweltering! My friend who accompanied me joked about swimming in the baptistery on the way out, and I fully understood the impulse.
I have also included some pictures from my trip thus far. The salad is the amazing salad I ate in Anchorage before boarding the plane. The blurry indoor picture is the best of three that I took of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Five pictures (including one looking down) are from the balcony of my room on the 20th floor of the Grand American hotel. And finally, I included a picture of my left foot's blister that has stubbornly only grown these past few days (it kind of looks like it's frowning).