aaah, lucky! i've so far been discussing Robespierre with mine, but we're going to Paris (and Berlin and Bonn) at the end of the year, though, where i can enthusiastically revisit all my favorite revolutionary spots for the umpteenth time (two summers ago, i wouldn't stop going to the Conciergerie; i even coerced my dad into driving back into Paris so i could visit it one more time -- driving + SUV + Paris = certain death). -- did we need that long ramble, really?