After 7 planning meetings and countless numbers of email and phone exchanges we finally have a plan for our trip to Paris! Now all we need to do is relax and let the plan happen. We have tried to pay for what we could ahead of time and we have even made dinner reservations where we could. We have art museums, gardens, city tour, jazz tour, walking tours, food tours, wine tasting, champagne cruise, 2 concerts (one jazz and one classical), a play and an evening at the Grand Hammam for a spa. We have 2 field trips: one to Giverny to Monet's garden and one to Chartres to the cathedral to walk the labyrinth. So much to experience and enjoy - the food, the wine, the art!
Sharon, Kris, Jennifer and Barbara leave Portland on Tuesday, May 10th at 11:30am getting to Paris at 8:30am on Wednesday, May 11. We hit the ground running. We have to keep ourselves awake, don't you know. We are renting an apartment in the Marais district or the 4th arrondissment, a half a mile from the Louvre! We will be very familiar with the metro system by the time we come home.
For those of you who like to follow blogs I (Barbara) hope to be able to add to this each morning starting Thursday May 12 but remember Paris is 9 hours ahead of Portland.
