We are staying in a bedroom that has the coolest electronic blackout shades so it's pitch black when we wake up--which means we sleep a little longer than we normally would. And for me, that's 6:30 am. LOL After coffee and yogurt, we headed out to meet our guide for a Segway tour of Paris. I had on 4 layers so I was okay for a while, but it was only about 35 and the wind was blowing. After a brief instruction lesson on operating the Segway, we took off. We saw a...

My fever spiked during the night and the coughing was pretty bad. Jeanne found a Dr. for me to see a short walk away and off we went. It was the strangest thing--a building with just the Dr's name on a small placard outside and a doorbell like you'd see in apt buildings. We kept buzzing until someone finally let us in. There was one door in the hallway marked medicine cabinet so Jeanne opened the door and went in. There wasn't a receptionist, the doctor herself...

Our flight arrived right on schedule, but instead of pulling up to a gate, we had to climb down a flight of stairs and take a shuttle bus over to the terminal where our baggage could be claimed. This wasn't so bad, but then we had to go through customs and waited for an hour and 15 minutes to get our passports stamped. I had started running a fever at this point, and felt wretched. We finally made it out and the driver I'd hired could not find us, even with us te...

Ashley dropped us off at the airport and we had about a 30 minute wait to pass through security due to the fact they only had 2 lanes open! We made it to our gate and spent the time waiting to board people watching. Our flight was due to depart at 4:30 pm and they pushed back from the gate right on time. The flight was uneventful, always the best kind. We watched A Walk in the Woods, ate dinner and tried to sleep. I started feeling really sick with cold and bron...

Our alarm went off at 5:15 am today and it took me 3 full minutes to realize what that annoying noise was! :)) We threw on some clothes, finished up last minute packing, and met Pam and Mike for breakfast--our last time to hit the buffet. We were to meet for our bus to the airport at 7:40 am, so we headed down a few minutes early and they told us they were already boarding our group! First time ever we have left early for a bus ride, guess they are ready to get...