HIGHLIGHT OF MY TRIP TO PARIS

Dreams Came True Under the Eiffel Tower

I can’t image a more perfect experience to witness Olympic athletes

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My godson and his husband are in Paris and soon will head to their next post with the Foreign Service. Before they left Paris, I wanted to visit. What luck that my trip coincided with the Paralympic games.

I dreamed of attending an Olympic event but never figured the opportunity would coincide with my travels. Then, it happened.

It was an unforgettable evening. There were two back-to-back blind quarter-final games held in the Eiffel Stadium, including the hometown team and another the all-time winners of Paralympic blind football since its inception in 2004.

Attending the Olympics was not a dream because I’m an avid sports fan. Rather, I wanted to experience the multicultural event and witness how sports can bring differing politically oriented countries together for a common purpose centered around the values of excellence, respect and friendship.

Other than when I was in high school and watched football with the family — we were all devoted Broncos fans — I have never been drawn to sports and watched only when I was with others. I attended the US Open with my former husband for several…