I visited a new country with my 78-year-old dad. It made me realize I didn’t know him nearly as well as I thought.0

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• August 13, 2026

My 78-year-old dad has had a 15-year love affair with Paris. Every summer like clockwork, he and my stepmom escape their New England home and make their annual pilgrimage to the French capital. Even though my older sister and I have done our fair share of our own adventures, we had still never been to