Day two dawned with all of us dead asleep. Sleeping pills will do that to you, but it is a good alternate to not sleeping with the jet lag.   We dragged ourselves up and Ken/I wandered to the local brasserie to start with coffee, while Kim/Aimee finished getting ready. The little café was typical, with outdoor tables where you could relax, drink, eat and watch the world go past. What more could you want in Paris? So, that is exactly what we did. Strong coff...

Bon Jour from Paris! Thanks for joining me, Ken, Kim and Aimee on our trip to France. Kim and Aimee are Ken's sisters-in-law and have never been outside of the North America, so this will be a true adventure for them. We are celebrating Kim’s retirement from 30+ years of teaching elementary school, and thought what better way to do so than to head to the City of Lights, Paris. As many of you know, I have been to Paris around 20+ times and love showing...

A couple of little adventure items...first the newest (at least to us) tourist scam, which we saw several times over the past two days. On Thursday, an older lady stopped next to Ken and picked up a gold wedding band. She immediately asked him if it was his and then handed it to him. He said no, and handed it back...she said then you go ahead and take it as you must be lucky to get this gold ring. He said no, and we walked away. We found out that if you ta...

Arrival in Paris, Thursday April 4We survived the flight with a bit of sleep. We were very well fed, and both agreed that the highlight was the soup, go figure. Watched some movies, put the eyeshades on and tried to sleep. We both think we slept a little, but certainly not enough to feel well rested.We arrived at CDG at 630am, it was still dark and SNOWING. Yes, white stuff was falling out of the sky. Really?? It is April 4th and it looks like Christmas....