After unpacking and unwinding a bit at our hotel, we headed out for our first meal in Paris. Ever since booking this hotel, I’d had my eye on a place around the corner called Au Trappiste that specializes in moules frites (mussels and French fries) and Belgian beer. The outside patio was crowded with smokers, …
It took planes, trains, and a whole lotta walking (most of it underground at the airport and then the Metro station). But we made it to Paris. Our room at Hotel Britannique is tres adorable, which is a good thing because it is also tres petit and sans vue—our window (French, of course) opens onto a …
Well, that was nice while it lasted. We had boarded, stowed our bags, and were just getting settled when an announcement came over the PA ordering everyone to grab their belongings and get off the plane. The official excuse is a special security review requested by the pilot, but I’m guessing the strike has something …
Here we come! Made it to SFO, and enjoying a little pizza (and yes, soup for Maureen) before we start 3 weeks of French food. Track our flight here.
Maureen is really looking forward to eating here while we’re in France.
Perfect timing. French aviation unions have reportedly called for a three day strike next week that could shut down half the flights into Paris. Of course, the strike is scheduled to start the same day we’re supposed to fly out of San Francisco. UPDATE: There’s reason to hope we won’t be affected.
Last weekend, we trekked up to Cottonwood in way Northern California to see how our horse Grigio was doing at his temporary digs. Click any of the pictures below to see a slideshow. [AFG_gallery id=”2″]
…but we did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. We’re on our way up to Cottonwood, CA (near Redding) to visit Grigio, the lemon-horse. We’re also planning to hit all the regional hotspots including Walmart and, um, Walmart. Now if you’ll excuse me, I gotta get one of those famous cinnamon buns.
Two weeks from tomorrow night we’ll be wheels-up for Paris. Got an e-mail from Air France this morning with a bunch of links to set up flight alerts, order custom meals, etc. Alas, many of the links didn’t work properly and just brought up the error page below. Hope the pilots are more technically proficient …