Well, our traveling (at least for this trip) is almost over. We are at the Toronto Airport waiting for our flight to Houston. It was an early morning and I wasn't entirely successful in my navigating skills.  I thought that Air Canada went out of Terminal 1. But, once we dumped the car...and got in the terminal, there were no signs of AC because they were located in Terminal 2a, which required a train ride. Then, I tried to beat the buzzer getting ...

Today we leave Paris for the Normandy Coast. Known for the 4 "c's". Camembert, Crepes, Cidre and Calvados...our goal is to have all four before we leave.   We picked up the car at the Air France terminal a few blocks from our hotel, hooked up the GPS, drove up the Champs Elysee, around the arc de Triumph and out of Paris. Our first stop was Giverny, where Monet's home and gardens are located. He lived and eventually died in Giverny, and it is wh...

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....

Jenine's Notes: Well, the adventure has begun! Of course no trip would be without a bit of airport drama. This time it wasn't my supposedly oversized carry-on bag, but Ken's name. While we know him as Ken, shockingly his real name is Kenneth. I stupidly booked the flight under Ken, which of course doesn't match his passport name of Kenneth and that enabled us to experience United's excellent customer service. Um, ok...we got the ag...