I know abby posted with lots of photos of our walk to Notre Dame. I know you will enjoy reading it. I wanted to let you know about our first few days here.
We landed at de Gaulle airport around 7:30 am Thursday morning. All of us tired as you would expect. We had no trouble with customs they just checked our passports and visas so that was easy. You know how we think we have too much security at our airports - well as we walked out of the gate at de Gaulle and into the terminal there was a soldier with a machine gun. They mean business!!!!! We saw this again at the Eiffel Tower on Friday.
Thursday was all about settling into our apt. it is nice but small by our standards but not parisian standards. still it has everything you need including a washer/dryer and nice kitchen with dishwasher and gas stove and oven. so joe and i are ready to cook.
Friday we walked around our neighborhood and went to a mall not too far from us. Later we went to find Abby's new school and the bookstore followed by the Eiffel Tower. along the way we stopped for cold beverages (no wine yet) so we had a lovely french experience. the eiffel tower is awesome but the lines so long that no one went up. we'll go back another time.
Saturday some more wandering. we went to the moufatard market a wonderful market with everything you could want except paper goods. that evening we went to a colleague's home for dinner. She gave us some things such as adaptors and especially important her printer and caddy aka shopping cart. a most useful item since i will walk to the store not drive.
today is Sunday and as you will read Joe made a pilgrimage to IKEA and Abby and I walked to Notre Dame. A beautiful day - sunny with a cool breeze.
so that is our first few days here. I keep thinking that i will be going home in 10 days but nooooooooooo.
I will keep you informed meanwhile love to all
Sydelle
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