Peking To Paris!

I went to the Tattered Cover Bookstore in Lower Downtown Denver last night to hear Dina Bennett discuss and sign copies of her book "Peking to Paris: Life and Love on a Short Drive Around Half the World."  Bennett and her husband Bernard took part in a 128 car antique auto race from Beijing to Paris, driving a 1940 LaSalle. Bennett told the audience that her husband Bernard would sign the book too, but only if you were able to ask him to in French.  Is it me, or do the French never seem to change?  In any case, my point in attending the event was not to insult the French (although that is always a plus), but to learn about the race in hopes of joining it this year - perhaps even get a promotional contract with the DeSoto Company or something. This is what we job seekers call "thinking outside the box."  Mongolia and Siberia here I come!