guenmai - Have a great trip!

Yellowrose-Thanks. And have a great last day in Paris and a safe trip home. Happy Travels!

Gomiki-Thanks. I was at the pre- Asia-forum GTG dinner last night and we were 22. Great fun. In a few hours, I'll drive over to the actual GTG. Happy Travels!

Really enjoying "being in Paris" with you.

Glad you didn't fall for the "golden ring" or "bracelet" tricks. They're going to have to come up with a few new ones.

We are back at the apartment before heading out to dinner. Finally got in to the Orangerie and saw the Monet water lilies. I guess I thought that museum was bigger - didn't take too long to take it in. We have been all over Paris today. We got tickets on the batobus and went from the eiffel tower again to Notre Dame again and walked everything in between! I'm sad to think about packing and sitting at the airport tomorrow. We have a 4 hour layover in Detroit! What a pain. But another gorgeous weather day. Hope we didn't use up all the nice weather this week for thos of you coming next! We did see a fight today outside of St. Gervais. It really scared me. This older guy was screaming at a younger guy and then they starting hitting on each other and this younger guy stepped in and broke them up. We got out of there! I can't believe how much more crowded it is on this Saturday than it was last Saturday. The area around Notre Dame had at least 5 times the people it did last week. It's crazy out there right now! But we are heading out for one last meal and one last gelatto :(

We are now back home. I will start working on my trip report. Again, thanks for everybody that helped out with my planning. And good luck for anybody heading out in the near future!

Glad you made it home safely and I'm sure had a great trip. Happy Travels!

I enjoyed your report so much! I never tire of hearing other people's impressions of a city I love so much. I also always gain new information about places to explore.

Thanks for giving us a "real time" perspective!

Really looking forward to some indepth reporting!
Thanks for taking the time while you were there to fill us in on your daily sights & sounds. I am counting the days.......soon Paris, soon!

Glad you enjoyed your trip so much. Thanks for the updates from the street.

We will be heading to paris on may 4th and sure hope that the usd-euro is better by then as it is not too good right now. It sounds as if a lot of people will be there in may....counting the weeks.

What a shame that you missed tonight's high winds and torrential downpours!

I really enjoyed reading your daily reports – I love your enthusiasm! I will be in Paris in 33 days (not that I am counting) and I hope I will also be able to enjoy some sunny weather. Looking forward to your trip report. Thanks for posting.

kerouac - it was amazing to have the perfect weather for our week. We are having thunderstorms and wind here right now as well. Also having some jet lag - oh, the joys of coming home. Back to work tomorrow. roadlesstraveled - maybe in 33 days there will be another stretch of lovely weather. There should be more flowers and leaves by then - of course, probably more tourists too! We were lucky to not have to stand in line very often. I was amazed when I was able to walk right up to the Mona Lisa without having to wait in line. The only line we really had was at the d'Orsay.

patti,
it was just wonderful to 'spend' every day with you in paris.
you made it all come alive and now i can't wait to see it myself.
i will not have internet access in my apt. and dd does not want to take the laptop as college letters come out the week we are in paris and she does not want to chance having a bad trip from disappointment.

thanks for all the tips on taking care of sore feet, ankles, calves......i know i will need it.
it is also nice to know that you were able to lose 4 lbs in spite of all the pastries. it will make me feel less guilty as i gorge on the pastries, bread, cheese and wine!!!
you really lucked out with great weather. it looks like gomiki will have some rain this week and there is some for me next week as well.
o well, as long as i am in paris, i don't care about the weather. - well, not so much anyway.
now, back to some more obsessing as i continue planning and packing!! :)