Quorum Hotel Saint-Cloud

... to anything I say in Spain, the locals will be sure to understand me. For example, "I could sure use some food-o in my tummy-o" (this chestnut coming from Gordo). All for now, need to finish my final chores. I'll send out the blog invite to your email accounts once, and assume that you'll be able to navigate to this blog whenever the urge strikes you. Feel free to forward this on to anyone who might be interested (or wants to donate!). Buen Camino

... fear, isn't it?), and she said yeah. She said was scared because she compared to brother and didn't want to get in trouble. Still, no ice cream. But I think if I keep giving her opportunities, she will come around. Back to the Metro, back home. I take Ella for a nap (she fights it, but my magic back rub gets her to sleep!), ... and the rest of the crew goes for some awesome looking ice cream down the road (turns out it IS awesome, and super close to the house ...

... do know that there is no way I could have walked aournd on cobble stones and uneven ground for the last two days without out useing Becky's boot, I am very thankful for it! But still each day I am hoping for a miraculas recovery! Now... on to Paris, Words can;t describe it! Having just one real day to expolre Paris and one bad foot, we decided to bite the bullet and pay for the hop on hop off bus tour open air double decker, if you ever find yourself in Paris I would ...

... to get home. Like all good troopers Ken decided to "start walking" with some small dissent from Nick and Alice. Anyway, we eventually found another fantastic restaurant to eat at and let out feet recover enough to make it home. Tomorrow we pick up the hire car and head south for the Dordogne region and with any luck will be able to navigate our way out of Paris without Dad swearing too much!!!!

... my foot was really sore and legs aching and we wandered into St Severin Church and there was a wonderful acapella choir singing. They were a group called "The Capella of Calvin College" from Grand Rapids, Michigan USA on a concert tour of Europe, under the conduction of Prof. Navarro from the Philippines and they were magnificent! We had arrived after the 2nd number and stayed until the end! Just the thing to rest tired legs in this beautiful Gothic ...

... On s'est promené tout l'après-midi avec Pierre et Sophie. Et puis, le soir, on est revenu dans notre coin, dans le 18e arrondissement et on s'est promené sur la rue Lepic pour trouver un traiteur pour acheter notre dîner. On a choisi du grec. Et puis, un arrêt chez un caviste. Il y a toutes sortes de boutiques sur cette rue. Quand tu es à Paris, il faut que tu oublies les shoppings centres. Tu magasines dans ton quartier ...

... drive away. The Westin would be our home-away-from-home for 7 nights. Upon our arrival RT was told they had a room already picked for him (he has lots of Starwood points, plus works for Vinci -- the company that recently spent 4 years renovating the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, and a big name company in Paris). He asked if the room had a view of the Eiffel Tower (as I had read that some rooms did), but they said no, this one ...

... are so willing to help us out. Day 319 - Thursday 11th January - Ville Franche de-Rouergue to Milly La Foret We were woken up at 5am this morning by the village coming alive for it's market which is held all through the streets and the square in front of the cathedral. We had a great chat with Mike and sorted out a few things and he managed to get us booked in for an MOT at the end of the month. We just love France, the markets here and the food is just great and we had some ...

... taxi brought us to Debbies house. She had told us the code for the door and hid the keys in a secret place. We hurried inside. The entrance hall was comfortably chilly. Then we opened the door to the staircase. NO ELEVATOR. Unfortunately the flat was on the sixth floor. So the rest of the evening was reserved for carrying suitcases up the stairs and having a rest. Thanks to Debbie we had something cold to drink and something to eat. Soon we fell asleep.

... of her stay went quickly. During the days we took care of the sights, but socially, we met Steve many times to go out to bars. Steve and Cedrick were battling over Missy her entire stay; Mary and I found this to be amusing, however I can understand why she felt a little uncomfortable with the competition. She's crazy about another guy and didn't need all the pressure-but she was a good sport about it and got her "French" kiss. You go gurl! Me on the other hand, did not get ...