First Paris Rendezvous

Travels

Chiz and I got up early this morning and drove into Saint-Germain-en-Laye (10 minutes) to catch the RER into Paris. Saint-Germain-en-Laye is really cool. Like a lot of things I see around here it is hard to describe. Probably the best word I could use is 'old'. Pictures will be up soon. Turned out we actually got up too early (which is an entirely different jet lag story). We knew that Sundays are pretty quiet, but even Saturdays get off to a very slow start around here apparently. It was good to avoid the pickpocket that prefers the crowed trams, but not so great for people watching on our trek from the Arc de Triomphe to the Louvre. Although, as Chiz can attest to, I found tons of things to gawk at and she spent most of her time trying to make sure I didn't get ran over by a Smart Car. Amazing city.

From there we headed into the Saint-Germain-des-Pres neighboorhood of Paris (not to be confused with Saint-Germain-en-Laye). It is a big shopping district with lots of fancy-poo-shmancy stores but we were checking it out because we might want to live in that area. Bought a couple ham and cheese crepes from a street vendor for a snack. Chiz rocks when it comes to getting around and talking to people. I need to get some confidence to use my limited skills. It shouldn't be too hard since everybody has been very eager to help us out and we haven't ran into anybody who doesn't speak english.

Signing off for now as I am about to watch the Seahawks playoff game via this dial-up connection.