Au revoir, Paris!

Hello everyone,

Today we are leaving Paris and traveling by train to Chaumont. It has been magnifique! Yesterday we enjoyed a bus trip through the city; hopping on & off to see Napoleon's Tomb, Notre Dame Cathedral and the Eiffel Tower once again.  If time allowed we could stay here to walk & shop & eat forever. The architecture is phenomenal, the prices extravagant and the food unsurpassed...in taste and price. While it is enjoyable to see the landmarks, what I delight in the most is soaking up the atmosphere of the open-air cafes, chatting with other visitors and practicing the language with the locals--and that quite successfully, I might add!

Lobby of L'hotel Cadran has a chocolate shop...oh goodie!

Our room here has been such a pleasure to relax in and the staff has been extremely helpful in getting taxi, train & room bookings for our next leg of the journey, which is to the town where Ted's cousin is buried. It will be a solemn part of the trip.

Salad Nicoise for supper last evening...YUM!

We have had our fill of the casually elegant breakfast nook here and their terrific pastries, yogurt, fruit and many other delicacies. We are all packed but for this computer and Ted is having one last nap before we leave. Au revoir, Paris!

Peggy & Ted