Up early and an uneventful drive to Bordeaux and flight to Paris. I ended up sitting next to a 74-year-old woman from Arvada who now lives in Broomfield. She remembers taking her dad to the bank often and he banked at North Valley! Small World.
Our driver, Moustapha, picked us up in a I7 BMW Executive car which has a ton of leg room and is basically a limo. On the way into Paris, we had some serious road rage right in front of us. One guy cut off a truck and then the truck tried to merge in front of him to get to an exit and then the little car, cut him off again, stopped his car, both got out and the fight was on! Our driver was like Jason Stratham in the movies and threw the BMW into reverse and finally went around. I’m trying to post the video as Lori caught the whole thing, but don’t think I can. I’ll text it to everyone to see, welcome to Paris!
After checking into our hotel, we walked around and went to the Musee Picasso or Picasso Museum. It was stunning. The best thing about Paris is seeing all the artwork. Paris has to have the greatest collection of the World’s art that there is. Here are a few of my favorites.
And next a view from our hotel window. Lori is getting ready and just sucked some of her hair into the blow dryer! I went to the Boulangerie (bakery) down the block for fresh croissants and coffee.
Last night after dinner down at the Seine, (the river that runs through Paris) we walked around, and I had to call Jag and tell him something funny. We’re in the Marais district which is the Bohemian and artsy district and one of the gay areas in Paris. As we walked down the street, the bars were packed, and they have ropes like when you’re in line somewhere outside the bar that everyone stands within so they can drink and technically still be “in the bar”. I looked at one bar with probably 100 or more people in the ropes drinking and having a great time, and told Lori, “look, there’s not a single woman there”. She looked at me and said something like, “well, duh, it’s a gay bar”! To be fair, it didn’t even cross my mind as like I said, Paris is artsy, especially the Marais District, and everyone looks kind of gay. Too funny I didn’t pick up on it.
This morning we’re off to our private tour of Notre Dame. Then we’ll hang out in the city and enjoy the day before we fly home tomorrow. Our hotel is great, and the rooms are too. Time to eat some more croissants, and yes Robi, we’re eating everything. I think I’m up 6 pounds or so!
Have a great day, until tomorrow, God Bless.