Paris and Trans Atlantic Cruise 2019

September 2 - 3, 2019 - Days 1 - 2 - Travel days We flew from Reno to Salt Lake City, then on to Atlanta, then on to Paris.   Our journey began at 10:00AM on Monday, September 1 st and we arrived in Paris at 1:10PM Tuesday, September 2 nd . On the flight   from Atlanta to Paris we were seated   across from a family with a crying baby.   She cried off and on all night.    We got very little sleep.  Our driver was at Charles de Gaulle airport to meet us as scheduled, however, we walked forever and forever getting to the baggage area where he was.   This was the largest airport either of us had ever   been to.   Lynne’s knee was terribly sore and swollen from so much walking which worried us because our trip was just beginning and we had visions of her not being able to do the things we had planned. The food and service on the Delta flight from Atlanta to Paris was excellent. 

September   4, 2019 – Day 3 - Paris The long   day yesterday exhausted us.   We tried to stay up but we finally gave in to our exhaustion and went   to bed at 6PM.   We were ready to get up at 2AM. We stayed up until 4:30 AM and then went back to bed   and rested until   6AM.   We tried using Uber for the first time.   We were unsuccessful.   The driver spoke no English and drove past the pickup place.    We ended up taking a taxi to Arc De Triumph. The first thing we did was to have croissants   and coffee at an open air café.   We remembered doing that 20 years ago and it was just as enjoyable today as it was then.    We then took the Hoho bus    which toured all the main attractions in Paris.   After our tour we took a   taxi to the So Ouest shopping center. We had an American style lunch at Chipoltes and then did a little shopping.   We bought matching car...

Day 4 - Paris Today we went to Disneyland.  We had prepaid tickets, however, the cost of the transportation far exceeded the cost of admission….. 22 euros for the taxi to the train station, 50.50 euros for the train, 50 euros for the scam artist that helped us procure the train tickets and another 18 euros for the taxi back to the hotel.    The visit to Disneyland was fun, however, it was exhausting.  It was about 4:00 when we arrived back to the hotel, only to find the room wasn’t cleaned yet so we went down to the lobby to wait for the cleaning crew. Lynne was too tired to consider walking one block to have dinner so I went   down the street and obtained dinner chicken creeps and a French style egg mac muffin.  I also picked up a pint of beer from the bar in the hotel and wished we had access to a movie in the room. We’ve been back to the hotel room early every night so far only to discover we can’t get a movie on the televisi...

Day 5 - Paris This was our last day in Paris and we wanted to revisit the shops along Avenue V Des Champs Elysees and sample croissants and coffee at sidewalk cafes.  We started out with a taxi to the Disney Store on Champs Elysees and purchased some wonderful Disney products that were not available at Disneyland.  Then we enjoyed croissants and coffee at one of   the many sidewalk cafes and then on to more and more stores. Bill’s backpack was overflowing as well as my shopping bag.   The next thing on our agenda was another tax ride to the Bateaux Mouches boat tour for a one hour and 10 minute scenic ride on the Seine River where we saw Notre-Dame, the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre   and other sites from a different prospective.  Our last taxi ride of the day was   to the Pont des Arts (bridge of love padlocks) where we placed our padlock on the bridge and tossed the key in the river as is the custom   for a “romantic gest...

September 7, 2109 – Day 6-   Paris – Copenhagen This was a travel day. EagleCab picked us up 10 minutes early.   The traffic was terrible but we arrived at the Orly airport when we planned. The security check was better than the TSA at home. They went through my carry on and confiscated one Costco size tooth paste.We needed two carts to haul our luggage from the airport to the Airport Clarion Hotel.

September 8, 2019 -Day 7 - Copenhagen Our overnight stay at the Clarion hotel was awesome. The room was very clean and large. The bathtub could fit a family of 5.  The breakfast was absolutely the best ever.  After breakfast we hauled our luggage back to the airport to catch the Princess shuttle to the ship. We met our table mates at dinner, one of whom was drunk. We will see what happens tonight and if it repeats we will ask for another table.