Saturday – Got up early this morning and strolled my little black bag, filled with dirty laundry, down a few blocks to the laundry mat. I am getting used to doing laundry the European way! This morning took a little longer because the washers took 45 minutes in Pairs rather than the usual 30 minutes in Italy…but got it done and strolled back with clean clothes – repacked and stored our luggage while we strolled the streets of Paris one last time. We all concluded that we LOVED Paris and wished we could have stayed longer. We walked our way back to the hotel to pick up our bags and Ford asked “How long does it take to get to London?” “3 Hours”, I replied. Ford responded – “Why don’t we just ‘walk’ we have walked MORE than 3 hours on this trip!” He is right – we have walked many hours – many miles!
Arrived to Gare Du Nord (train station) and worked our way to the Eurostar – through customs – through inspection – through crowds – and to our ‘Business Class” car that served us a glass of champagne and the kids a coke WITH ICE!! We arrive in London around 4:30 and will stroll our bags to a hotel of our choice – not sure yet! The ‘train stewardess’ said we could stay at her flat with one bed and 2 sofas!J
On a side note – please excuse all the mutilation of words in this blog – I mean to go back and correct my mistakes but sometimes (due to lack of WiFi) can’t do it – I am sure that you understand some of my words! The only time I have to blog is usually on a train with no WiFi and then upload late at night…stay tuned for our London adventures and then HOME on Thursday. Home Sweet Home!
From Clark - Paris is difficult to consume in just 4 days but we gave it the old college try. We made it to Musee de L’Armee (the Army museum), Versailles (which took most of our day yesterday) and had an opportunity to shop some. Our first night’s hotel Concorde Lafayette was minimally adequate given our usual accommodations during this trip. Although advertised as a 4-star, it lacked in both aesthetics and service. In other words, they talked a big game about both but Trip Advisor tells the truth on this one. One great thing was the view of the Eiffel Tower from our window (also not In walking distance to the usual tourist attractions—is more of a business man’s hotel that the Arabs have taken over!)
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