Paris France Here We Come!

I know I am actually a disciplined person.  It sure doesn't show though with some things.  Although this blog was created 4 years ago there were only two posts, one in 2009 and one in 2010 which I have gleefully deleted.  As Charlie said in his promo commercial for his new tv series Anger Management ,"What? Everyone deserves a 24th chance."  I may be wrong on the number, but you get the idea.  

We are going to Paris! and I will attempt to post to this blog daily to share our adventure. I know we are incredibly lucky to be able to do this again.

LONG ago I told Terry that I wanted to go to Paris before I was 40. He was working as a Systems Engineer, I worked for the City.  We had recently had our sixth child (2 his, 2 hers, 2 ours) and had been through all kinds of drama in recent years. We needed a break.

So he took me. Lovely trip. We stayed in Paris for a few days and then used our Eurail pass to train it to Nice, Pompei and Rome, Italy, Switzerland.  On the night before my birthday we were sitting by a illuminated fountain in Nice, listening to the sea, enjoying the moment and each other. He leaned over, kissed me, and whispered  'Happy Fourtieth!'

I probably should have let it go at that, but having achieved my goal, I felt obliged to tell him I was really only 39. His expression was priceless. 

Although it was a trip of a lifetime (we have had quite a few of those) we are looking forward to revisiting some of the sites and seeing new ones with our cruising friends, Mary and Mary.

Today, the week before the flight to Los Angeles where we will transfer to Tahiti Nui for the flight to Paris, I am just hoping that the intervening week is uneventful (we do have a leaking sprinkling system that will have to be fixed), that it will be a calm sunny flying day (it is raining today) and that I won't forget anything really important. 

Usually I wait until the last minute tot pack, but my European train experiences have taught me that I really don't want to get the biggest suitcase in the garage and throw in every article of clothing I have 'just in case' I need it. We lost one suitcase due to cobblestone streets and trying to manage huge suitcases on trains - well, smaller, in this case, is definitely better.

I am off to practice pack.

The Fountains of Nice, Oct 16, 1986

Terry and Pat in 86