Balls. I was a little disoriented and had a headache yesterday which I stupidly assumed was the worst of my jet-lag. I was wrong. I went to bed around 10:00 PM paris time. Fell asleep without taking any meds. Sideways. Woke up once because it was pouring rain and I heard cooing in the bathroom. I thought we had a renegade pigeon trying to escape the weather hiding in there. They don't put screens on the windows in paris. Fell back to sleep. Woke up around noon P...

We have arrived safe and sound. The flight from Montreal to paris was uneventful. I slept for an hour, Tanya slept for 3 and I think Scott slept for 2. We landed around 8:00 and after collecting luggage and navigating the metro we found the rental agency. They let us check in early at 2:00 so we had to drop our luggage there and wander around for a few hours. We had lunch at some little restaurant a block away from our rental office then we walked around notre da...

We stayed at the Hotel Novotel at Charles de Gaulle airport for our two nights. The entrance to the hotel is literally part of the metro station, so that was very convenient. Mental status check - we are both very tired. We have enjoyed the trip very much but are ready to be back on U.S. soil. We don't have much tourist energy left to give, and we both kind of smell, but that is due to the fact that washing out clothes in sinks in Ireland didn't work very wel...

Slight change of plan. We decided to scrap our stay in Bayeux, France and spend another day in Paris. There was still a lot we wanted to see, so this works out for both of us. Right now we are on a giant ass cruise ferry on the Irish Sea nearing the coast of France, I believe. Very pretty. We will have much better wifi in Paris, so I should be able to update the hundreds of pictures I have waiting to go up. Brace yourselves.

Today was another late start. This time change has been brutal. It was Louvre day, so we headed in that direction. On the way I bought some water colors from street vendors. One guy stands there and paints them and sells them on the spot. I really, really like the street vendors along the Seine. They have a lot of interesting stuff. The que for the Louvre wasn't too bad, and we got in quickly. First and foremost....the building was huge. And crowded. An...