Paris is COLD

It is frigid here today. And I do not have my warmest down winter coat, since the rest of the trip was mid 40s-mid 50s. It hampered our adventuring today for sure. Hence, French Onion Soup for lunch. It was pretty amazing. And necessary.

We leave tomorrow for London. Things we have not done yet: have a crepe(s), try a macaroon or any other French pastries besides croissant and pan de chocolat, make it to 80% of the restaurants that were recommended to us. I guess we have a lot of eating to do in less than 24 hours.

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Just Your Average Thursday

OK, this photo is deceiving, as we only made it to the Louvre just in time for closing. But tomorrow they are open until 10pm. So that's on for tomorrow.

Today was Montmartre, being accosted by the artists there who all wanted to draw me, extensive time in multiple cafes, much street photography, walking by Lapine Agile (closed) and the Moulin Rouge before meeting a female cab driver and getting to chatting about her son Joaquin (Joe) the accountant, who moved to NYC, got married to a Russian girl there and the mean ole thing just up and left him - leaving him heartbroken. Come on, New York, I know you have better options for him. I could think of a perfect one, but she is currently taken.... All other ideas welcome.


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Location:Rue Amélie,Paris,France

Petit Dejuener

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. See how they are half gone already? Before the cafe even arrives!


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Location:Rue de Grenelle, Paris

Happy Birthday, I Got You This

Happy Birthday to Geoff! The big 4-0. I got him this Paris. Not such a bad gift.

Eiffel Tower in the morning, MANY photos, much wandering, a late lunch at Le Comptoir in the 6th arr., Arc de Triomphe, Champs d'Elysee and are now off to a birthday dinner at a brasserie TBD. Hopefully with champagne.

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Location:Rue Amélie,Paris,France

Paris Bound

My cold is still hanging on, so this morning was a bit rough. Still managed to visit the Tower of London, ride in several taxis (where Geoff was immensely pleased with the leg room) and pop back into Neil's Dairy Yard for some bread and cheese for our train trip to Paris!



Bon Voyage to us!

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Location:Cheney Rd,Camden Town,United Kingdom

The Abbey

Evensong at Westminster. Pretty stinkin' cool. Wish we had time to explore it more, but we had to dash to HAMLET at the National Theatre. Which was equally epic and cool.

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Location:Stamford St,Lambeth,United Kingdom

Down But Not Out

Though jet lag and a cold knocked me out for the morning, it couldn't keep me down long. By 2pm we were out wandering through Covent Garden, having afternoon tea and taking photos.

A rest, some dinner and another walk that ended along the Thames. One place we will definitely be going back to when it's open...



Neal's Yard Dairy - specialty farm cheeses and produce from the British Isles.

Count me in.

Lots more tomorrow!

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Location:London,United Kingdom

False Start

A funny thing happened on the way to our big European adventure. Hi everyone, Geoff here. Writing from our hotel bed where my poor sweet adorable wife Kate is sleeping deeply right beside me. Apparently the countless weeks of little sleep and lots of travel, work and stress have caught up with our hero and she seems to have picked herself up a bit of a cold. Yes I know, the tragedy of the timing could not be overstated. But as far as I'm concerned things could be far far worse. Besides, deep down I think we're both really grateful for a day off even if its not from work at this point but from a possible fun filled day of galavanting across the city of London. Oh well, c'est la vie, we're not as young and vibrantly heathy as we once were and need to sometimes take heed when our bodies say whoa.
More updates to come later.

Location:London,United Kingdom

It Begins!

Heathrow Airport 8am. Little to no sleep, but this sign a welcome sight.

Geoff also enjoyed this sign at the Underground. And that they kept repeating the name of the station at every stop (as that was the train's final stop). Every time they announced it, we chucked. (Sorry, but it's true).



Yes, we are grown ups. Barely. Let's blame how funny we found it on the lack of sleep. Let's also blame the fact that I'm posting about it on said lack of sleep.

I must cut myself off before I do further damage. On to the rest!

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Testing

The Roosevelt Island Tram tonight.

(Just actually testing that I can blog with photos from my phone - in the hopes that I can do so from London and Paris next week...)


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