I think we’ve found heaven! Sunshine, frogs, cheese, forests, lizards, wine, streams.

Today we hiked around, picnicked, read, napped, ate, made friends with the many local cats, and generally relaxed.

Lisa in front of the cheese isle.

Busy day getting from one place to another: metro to main Paris train station, TGV (French high speed train) to Lyon, taxi to car rental place, and finally rental car to our new bnb- a renovated medieval building. It’s SO beautiful here!!

We woke to Much better weather for our second (full) in Paris. After a slow start we took the metro to Montmartre- now our favourite part of Paris. We climbed the hill full of the cutest little stores and then the 300 steps to the top of Sacre-Coer.

We headed back down the hill in lovely sunshine, had a snack and metroed over to the Arc de T. Much bigger than I had imagined!! lunch was traditional Italian fare.

Our first day in Paris was a success. Our airbnb is really cute, We found some great food, managed to navigate the subway in torrential rain and find our tour guide, Melanie, amongst millions of tourists.

Melanie made the museum really enjoyable for the boys with a treasure hunt and we leaned a lot from her too!

After, we walked along the Seine to the Eifel Tower. The weather was perfect and of course we had to eat, too!!

The boys were done after all that culture, so we left them happy and safe with their devices and leftovers at ‘home’ and went out for a little walk on which we had a little snack

After a really comfortable 8 hr flight on a brand new Dreamliner, we arrived safely in Paris.

Got up, kissed the rabbit and turtle goodbye and made it out the door on time. Janice kindly ferried us to the airport-5 people and 8 bags fit comfortably into her Fit!

The first flight was delayed a little, but comfortable. Now we’re chillin in the Calgary airport waiting to board our flight to Paris!

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