PARIS IS PARIS - Beatchick's Paris April 2003 Trip Report
 

First off, I just want to thank two very special people from this board who gave me tickets to the Eiffel Tower and to the ballet at the Opera Garnier- you made my trip infinitely more wonderful and I am very grateful to you both!! I'm not sure how you feel about me naming you publicly, so for now you will remain anonymous, but you know who you are. Thank you!! : )

Just want to also state that this was a trip of a lifetime for me. I had a fabulous time, so many wonderful experiences and just feel like God opened so many doors for me this trip. Even the weather was perfect. No bad experiences directed towards me for being American, just one rather odd, surreal moment that more bemused me than frightened me (you'll see later).

This will be a rather lengthy trip report, so for those who can't stomach reading that much on one thread I kindly recommend you just skip over this one.

The trip report will be saved on Word doc as one complete report and also individually as day reports, so if you'd like a copy of either, dependent upon your interests, please just let me know. My e-mail address is: [email protected]. I'll be posting this one day at a time, so please do bear with me ss I get it posted. Thanks.

When I called up Air France to reconfirm my reservation my agent said it best "Ah, but Paris is Paris!!" : )

Hope you enjoy and hope you have a Happy Mother's Day!! @>->---

Bienvenue in Amerique Beatchick!!!!! Happy Mothers's Day to you also..
Salut,
kismet

SATURDAY - APRIL 12TH
My seatmate is a cutie/hottie - very nice - only woke me up a few times and always with a beaming smile. After breakfast, I found out he was on his way back home to Barcelona; I told him about my friend from there, Raquel Galindo. Sheys going to have a baby in August. I lost my $6 sleep mask during sleep.
They give us instructions on how to get thru customs:
If staying in Paris, please follow the signs to Customs & Immigration. Having passport ready and completed disembarkation forms ready will make things flow faster. There are complimentary baggage carts to help. We will be in Halls A-B, 1-36. Take bags on to customs, if nothing to declare, then proceed to the exit. Proceed to gate 2D to take the RER into Paris.

WONDERFUL!!! You Beautiful Woman and Mother.
AND I love your Enthusiasim which I see lacking in so many.
I wish you many more Happy Mother's Day.

Thank you, kismetchimera & cigalechanta, surely 2 of the most clever names on this forum!!