We are here!

Hi everybody!

We have arrived in Paris after a long day of traveling.  Our flights were very smooth - just like riding the Bay Town Trolley!  We left Wednesday morning from the new airport and flew to Orlando with no problems.  We then caught a flight to Montreal, Canada.  We were supposed to wait about an hour in Montreal for our flight to Paris, but our plane was delayed in arriving from Vancouver, which if you check the map you will see is on the west coast of Canada.  The reason for the delay was that there was a medical emergency on board and the plane had to change route to take a sick passenger to Alaska!  By the time it evacuated that person and got back on track, the plane was almost three hours behind schedule.  It did not make a difference to Mr. Jay or me, since we were in no hurry.  Other people on our flight, however, had connections to make in Paris to go on to someplace in Russia.  When our plan landed in Paris, they had to rush off.  I don't know if they made their flight or not.  But isn't it interesting to think that somebody got sick near Vancouver and it affected people almost half way around the world?  You just never know what "ripples" you send out.

We are now in our apartment on the Left Bank of Paris.  We are across the street from Notre Dame Cathedral, although we cannot see it from inside our apartment.  We are in a neighborhood Mrs. Mccauley would love - apartments, stores, cafes, and lots of people walking around.  We are very close to a Metro stop, so we will be using it quite a bit.

We can hear live music from a cafe down the street and we feel as if we are in a movie.  Wish you all could be here with us. 

This is the courtyard we overlook.

Ms. Mary Pat

The black door is the entrance to our apartment
building.  If someone buys the "I love Paris"
t-shirt hanging out front, I might not find my way
home.

The view from our front door.
Notre Dame Cathedral