Last friday, when the official meeting ended, we caught the RER commuter rail to downtown Paris in the early afternoon in order to see the Exposition on Sea Turtles at the Palais de la Decouverte. Not only did we want to see the expo, but we wanted to meet up with Johan Chevalier who was scheduled to leave the following morning for French Guiana. It turned out that we were early and Johan was running a little behind, but at least I got a chance to see the cool exhibits on sea turtles. Of course, I forgot my camera but the ticket above is proof positive that I actually went. Afterwards, Johan found us and we had a nice afternoon chat over coffee at a brasserrie in Paris. As usual, he regaled us with stories about working with leatherbacks in French Guiana, and I started to feel fieldwork envy all over again. Fortunately, the nesting season starts soon here in North Carolina.