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Kate Keeble’s daughter, Addie, was enamored with the idea of Paris.
“She was obsessed,” Kate says.
So what to do when your home is 4,000 miles from the City of Lights, on a bluff with a view of Lake Superior, just north of Grand Marais?
A supportive mother wants to encourage the interests of her 9-year-old. “I told her to go outside and talk to them,” Kate says.
“Them” were the couple just outside. Lucky for Addie, her mom and dad run a hostel on their farmstead off Cook County Road 14, and one day last year, a French couple was on the guest list. Addie made them an offer. She’d show the visitors the process of making s’mores at the fire pit if she could pepper them with questions about Paris.
Her daughter’s simple trade had a simply delightful impact. “Now she’s even more fascinated,” Kate laughs.
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