Tuesday April 21st, 2009 Our last day in Paris!! It has been a wonderful trip and we are both sad and happy to be heading home tomorrow. We have talked about how nice it would be if you could just pick up your own apartment and drop it in a different city for a week - that way you'd have all the comforts of home in a wonderful new setting. But alas, that is not possible and we haven't found a way to beam ourselves up yet! Darn. Manaen is fending off a bit of a ...

Monday April 20th, 2009 We started out early on Monday morning, which was a change!! Had a quick breakfast across the road and then hopped on the Metro towards St. Germain des Pres and the Latin Quarter. It was a beautiful, sunny and warm day, with highs of 22 degrees. we fell in love with the St. Germain area. The first two of our three Paris Walks for the day took us through tiny streets, beautiful buildings, and a serene, peaceful neighbourhood. Then on the l...

Sunday April 19, 2009 Hello all! The rain eased up and although the morning was still cloudy with showers, we had a wonderful day. I woke up at 6am with some sort of allergy attack (yikes!!!) but we were up again at 9:15 and out by 11 after eating breakfast in of cereal and last night's pizza. Off to do some of our "Paris Walks" around Champs Elysee. We took it at a leisurely pace and were still surprised how quickly we made it through 3 of the ca...

Saturday April 18th, 2009 A slow day as it was raining and we were feeling in a bit of a rut. Manaen picked up croissants and treats from the patisserie while I was getting ready and we enjoyed them at the apartment in front of the news - which is all we get in English on our TV. Had originally planned to spend the day at Champs Elysee and the Arc du Triomphe, but we had to adapt those plans due to the weather. We decided to check out the opera house, Pala...

Friday April 17th. Short entry cause we want to head to bed. Woke up this morning after a much more refreshing, although not perfect, sleep due again to Manaen's genius. While I was showering, Manaen went to a local pattisserie to buy a croissant and some sandwiches to take with us to the Eiffel tower. It was going to be a long afternoon of waiting in lines and we wanted something affordable and delicious for lunch in the park afterwards. Had a quick breakfas...