We awoke at 6:00 am, showered and got packed for our 7:00 taxi to the airport for our 10:30 am flight. I went downstairs to check out only to discover that the flight had been changed to 13:20 pm. We had petit dejeuner at the hotel instead. Mary went for another walk, only to return in a few minutes to get me and take me to a street market a block away. Meat, fish, and vegetables. The last time I was at a French fish market there were more flies than fish. This...

We woke to rain. Rental car return was easy once I found it. No comments about the car I ruined. And there was no increase in price. Yea! We got on the hop on - hop off bus after a mile and a half walk to the starting point in front of the Louvre around 9:45 am. We paid our 62 euros for admission and settled in for an all day ride in the rain. Driving and walking around Paris, I noticed a lack of piercings, tattoos, hats turned around backwards, spiked hair, ...

We arrived In Paris at noon. AMEX couldn't find us a room in Paris during the 3 hour trip into town. Something is going on because all the rooms are taken we ended up in another 5 star hotel for 420 euros a night. I found out that this week is fashion week in Paris. There are 110 fashion shows this week alone. Entering Paris without a specific hotel to go to is NOT recommended. The biggest problem is parking, you can't stop long enough to catch your breath. AME...

I was up at 5:30 am worried about getting a new car today. I called AVIS and was told that I would have to wait until 8:00 am as "All of France is closed at this time!" Apparently the French are not early risers. I had AMEX check and there is an AVIS office at the Metz-Nancy airport which is about an hour away by cab. It's raining today to make things more difficult. We took a cab to the AVIS counter at the Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport to speed up the process of g...

This day started out wonderful and ended in disaster. The good part first. After Mary returned from her walk, we packed up everything, including all the soaps, lotions, slippers, and fruit we could find in the room that we thought they wouldn't get to mad at us for stealing. We went on another walk into town. The hotel we are staying it Is obviously in the swankiest part of town. We went to the Faberge Museum. A 19 euro a piece entry fee got us into a three f...