Paris Day 1
Yesterday we left Indianapolis International aéroport at 6:40 pm. Anne saw someone in the baggage check with the same baby carrier as we... although slightly new and improved. We made it onto the tiny 50 seat plane to Philadelphia and made or transfer onto the Airbus 330 whale-of-a-plane for the flight to Paris... leaving at 8:40 pm. Today we arrived in Paris, France at 10 am local time. Luke was well behaved on the flights, crying himself to sleep before they came by for meal, snack, or drink. How opportune! We took a nerve-racking van ride to our airport, led through Dan-Ryan-on-a-bad-day traffic at 85+ km/hr, and no car seat for luke. Fun for the motion sickness! We checked into our hotel, a nicely converted mansion and ate lunch around the corner. Anne and I shared a "salad parisianne" and Luke had bread. We proceeded to walk to the Arch de Triumphe, led by our French host Grégory, my cousin Angela, and their friend Nelly. From there we visited the Champs D'Elysse, the "Michigan Avenue" of Paris. We split up and Anne, I, Mom, Dad, and Luke walked about 1.5 km to Eiffel. We got pretty worn out and it was consistently 30 or so degrees with a mild breeze. The day was overcast so our pictures were only so so. We were going to try to catch a taxi back but ended up doing some shopping and stopping for café and chocolate. We arrived back, relaxed for a moment and then went next door for Moroccan fare for dinner. Nearly three hours later, we're back to the hotel and ready to hit the sack. It was quite the day but tomorrow is even more action packed. We're going to try to get out by 9 am and see the Louvre in the morning, relax for a few hours and then his Musee d'Orsay in the afternoon. Good luck I say! Oh, and Notre Dame in there somewhere! Au revoir! Photos: France Day 1 and France Day 1
