Arrived and loose in Paris~

The ladies are doing lunch after their arrival in Paris.  They have send us pictures which are on my Facebook but this blog site is bucking and bulling this morning.  They like their little hotel tucked away on a Paris street.  I had stayed there before on occasion and thought it was quaint, not expensive for Paris, and very clean. Not the Ritz, but pleasurable.  After lunch they are off exploring.

Alex, Pam T., Chee, and our Beth.

PAM IN THE LITTLE Paris hotel.

Beth checking her phone and organizing for the all day exploring.

Today we started our girls trip to Paris and Italy. We arrived in Charlotte on time only to find out that during our 7 hour trip to Paris the video system was down. If you are a light sleeper this made for an extra long flight. In my boredom I turned behind me to talk to Pam and Beth. The flight attendant said we were too loud so I had to go back to my seat.  Pam and Beth fell asleep right away so I decided to  open the hatch and reach for my backpack. Unfortunately my can of Hershey nut mix fell on Pam and woke her up. . The lid was missing so Pam T lent me her mini flashlight. After creating a laser show on the plane I never found the lid so I had to eat all of the chocolates. I still don't know why the flight attendant did not like me.

Our chauffeur arrived on time at the airport and was very good at driving while turning completely around to make eye contact with us.This did not help my motion sickness. Note to self--- only ask questions at stop lights.

We arrived in the beautiful city of Paris with not much sleep. So we decided to cram as much in as we could. A couple cappuccinos and glasses of wine got us through the day. Beth is a trooper since she takes at least two steps to our one. We did 29,000 steps and she did probably close to 100,000. Pam and Alex were great at navigating us through the subway. We had to learn not to hesitate or you get squished by the doors. Fortunately a hefty guy pulled the door open so Pam T and I could slide through. We have now come up with a safety plan if one of us goes missing.. Oh and always carry lots of hand sanitizer.

We visited the Arc de  Triompage and got a lot of panoramic pictures. It was breathtaking. We also visited the Eiffel Tower but with the terrorism alert the park was fenced off and we could not get very close. The Euro cup is going on in Paris so there are a lot of roudy soccer wannabes walking around in their soccer shirts chanting for their team. They are friendly and seem harmless. Well time for bed and hoping to get a few more hours in.

Kathy F.

And NOW Air France is on strike and that is their flight to Rome.

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