Heat wave in Paris – temperatures in France up 104 degrees (40 C)

Fountain on Concorde PlaceWe leave on Sunday for Paris, so I’m hoping we’ll be cruising into Fall weather by then. It’s slightly cooler in Paris, but pretty unbearable in a city with almost no air conditioning.

In Paris, where temperatures reached 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) on Wednesday, crowds kept cool by splashing and relaxing in the Trocadero fountains near the Eiffel Tower.

[From The Associated Press: Heat wave drives French into fountains, onto beach]