6 Kids, 3 cats, 1 dog, Mom, and Dad

This is what happened or More details to come.

We arrived in Paris, France on Sunday, April 22, 2007 after an uneventful night of airplane travel. We left Boston at 9:15pm, had a short layover in London, England and then arrived at around 1pm (keep in mind a +6 hour time difference).

When we got our luggage and went through passport control and customs, we walked through the doorway and saw a man standing there with a card in his hand that had my name on it...our hired ride to the hotel!

I'm so glad that I arranged this transportation before we left New Hampshire. Doing all of that once we landed would have been so overwhelming because of jet lag and the language barrier.

We checked into our hotel and then went walking to explore our neighborhood. We looked at the map and realized we were within walking distance of Notre Dame Cathedral. Pictures and words do nothing to give you an idea of the size and magnificence of the building, stained glass windows, and the overall layout of the Cathedral. It was awe-inspiring and a great way to start our trip.

Where did we have dinner our first night in Paris? Well, we had an awesome crepe after we walked out of Notre Dame so we weren't hungry until we almost got back to our hotel. We got to our area and many places were already closed and so we ended up walking a few blocks and getting our dinner from McDonald's! The French version was just "ok" and the girls decided they like ours better.

I'll describe the other days as I get time.

One highlight, skipping ahead, was spending most of the day Wednesday with Antipo and the Aussie Lass. They were wonderfully gracious, fun, tall, and extremely good looking. They gave us a different view of the country and city that we were visiting and really made our trip much more enjoyable. More later!

Posted by bbarton at April 30, 2007 10:35 AM