Paris on a Saturday Afternoon

In front of Notre Dame Cathedral

Full day of touring today.  Mom and Pop like the Hop On/Hop Off bus so we took that and drove by most of the historic sites to get our bearings for touring during the week.  We spent the afternoon in Montmartre and the Basilique du Sacre Coeur.  We capped off our evening strolling along the Seine and taking some night photos of Notre Dame.

Royal Bling

Commemorative Wedding Pillow

Commemorative Tin of Biscuits 

Checking out all of the official (and unofficial) royal wedding souvenirs.  Something for everyone...or so they say.  We were at Heathrow long enough to catch the beginning of the wedding on TV.   Finally made it to Paris at 2 PM local time on Friday.  Resting up for a full day of sightseeing on Saturday.

Next stop......London?

Storms have ravaged the southeast yesterday into today.  Our thoughts and prayers go to everyone dealing with the loss of loved ones.  The storms moved into the New York area which has caused havoc with flight schedules.  We were supposed to connect through JFK for our flight to Paris.  Instead, we get to fly directly to London and then onto Paris.  However, we're now flying into Orly Airport instead of Charles de Gaulle.  After a frantic phone call to Paris, I was able to connect with Vincent who is driving us from the airport to our apartment.  He was very nice and was able to make the change to his schedule.  Nothing like arriving at one airport when your transportation is at the other one.  Crisis averted.

So this means we get to travel through London on the biggest day they've seen in 30 years -- the royal wedding of William and Kate.  Mom is giddy with excitement at that prospect.  If we stay on schedule, we'll get to Paris by 1:30 PM local time on Friday -- only about 3 hours later than our original itinerary.  Fingers crossed!!

Welcome....I'm on the Road Once Again

This time we're off to Paris.  I decided to start this blog as a way to share our adventures with family and friends.  We love to travel.  Fortunately, we're able to do so, although not every trip is as adventurous as going to the City of Lights.  The in-laws are accompanying us again.  I've been to Paris once....almost 20 years ago and am looking forward to returning.  Mom and Pop have never been and are very excited to be going.  Mom thinks I should be a travel agent as I have almost as much fun planning the trip as the trip itself (the key being ALMOST).  If anybody actually starts reading this, maybe I'll branch out into other travel-related topics and share tips I've learned through the years.  For now though, the next few posts will be about Paris.  We leave Thursday.  Au revoir!