Marcy & I woke up feeling like we'd been run over by a Mac truck. Neither of us slept well at all. We hit the road in spite of feeling yucky and managed to get ourselves to the proper place to meet our tour guide in the area of Montmartre. The most challenging thing was trying to figure out whether we should walk up the street or go the other way once we were off the subway. All the shops along the way were dealing with sex in one fashion or another, some wit...

Marcy and I arrived in Paris a little later than originally planned but everything went very smoothly. We managed to get through customs and find the Super Shuttle, which thought we were no-shows! However, we ended up having a very nice Mercedes SUV all to ourselves, so I guess it worked out well in the end and we arrived at my friend, Blair's, apartment without any issues. She was waiting outside of her apartment building and once inside, greeted us with fresh...

Marcy picked me up about 1:00 at my apartment and we were off on our Parisian adventure. We parked & caught the shuttle to the terminal without any delays...breezed through security with our carryon luggage, (yes, carryon for a week's vacation in the winter!) and browsed through the terminal stores for some snacks to take on the plane. We were both so excited although Marcy had caught an awful cold--but she was prepared with lots of medications and tissues. ...

We all woke up early to watch our "sail in" and it was really something to see! Even though Rich & I both have been to Venice twice before, we've never seen it from the viewpoint of a super cruise ship and the views were amazing! We were well about the rooftops and you could see city everywhere you looked. We sailed into the city being towed and actually wound thru on some of the larger canals to the port. We were all sporting our Longhorn shirts since Brian ...

I woke up this morning & was still running a fever, so no excursion for me. I probably could've managed but Rich encouraged me to try to take it easy & get better, so here I sit in our room while they've all gone off to visit Dubrovnik. I'm having a pity party. This was the one place I REALLY wanted to visit, so it just sucks that I'm sick. I quit writing right after I typed that because there really wasn't a whole lot else to say except Poor Me. LOL...