Up at 5am, we were overcome with a mix of tiredness from the early morning and anticipation of the excitement that beckoned. The rain that bombarded us the evening before was now gone as we said goodbye to Marilyn was good enough to drop us off at the local train station of Maisons Lafitte for our 6am departure as we headed to Paris Orly, the secondary aiport of Paris. With a couple of connections, the trip to Paris Orly took us a couple of hours, followed by ...