We all slept in a bit today, we didn’t have to be anywhere until noon, and we took advantage of that. We walked from our place to the Eiffel Tower,…

(May 9, 2015) I needed a break, mostly because my head cold was coming on strong and I was pretty tired even when I first woke up. So everyone else…

(May 8, 2015) We started the day with a lovely breakfast in our hotel — lots of croissants, meat, cheese, toast, yogurt, hot drinks (chocolate, cafe,tea), cereal,  and fresh-squeezed oj…

This post is part of a series called Paris 2009 Because we were meeting Gretchen at 9:00am in front of the Rodin Museum, we asked for a wake up call…

This post is part of a series called Paris 2009 Our day began at the Eiffel Tower around 11am. Two of the elevators were being renovated (apparently they were actually…

This post is part of a series called Paris 2009 We planned to wake up early, see the Louvre and then go to lunch at a 3-star (the highest appellation…

This post is part of a series called Paris 2009 We slept until after 11am, and it easily could have been after noon. We clambered up from the depths of…

And even slept. Our only delay was on the flight leaving SeaTac, which had to be de-iced. Denver and Washington were both a mild 50 degrees and we had no…