MaiTaiTom’s Paris When It Sizzles & Paris When It Fizzles: Our 2014 Anniversary Trip
Tracy and I had been looking forward to celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary in Paris in September 2014. However, an airline strike, a hotel snafu, an unwelcome visitor to our Marais apartment and a…well, come along on our journey, and read all about what turned a romantic two weeks into something substantially less. However, we were in Paris, so it couldn’t be all bad!
January 26, 2015
Chapter One: Something Doesn’t Smell Right Here Flying at roughly 36,000 feet above Greenland, with an oxygen mask covering a good portion of my face for the better (or worse) part of two hours, as Tracy and I sat in the galley of an Air Tahiti Nui flight from Paris […]
January 29, 2015
Chapter Two: Blue Skies, Church Highs, French Fries & Dead Guys DAY TWO – A Taxing Moment, Climb Quest, Palm Tuesday, Navi(no)Go, A Walk in the Parc, If It’s Tuesday It Must Be Closed, The Incredible Smoking Woman, Good Samaritan, Navi(go)go, Louis Louis (and more Louis), Dead Kings And Many […]
February 6, 2015
Chapter Three: A Hot Time In The Old Town Today (and Tonight) DAY THREE – Going To The Chapel, No Robitusson, The Not Quite What We Imagined Apartment, Get Me Out Of Here, Introducing Dennis, A Good Egg, No Way Jay, Marie’s Farewell Letter, A Merri Time, The Museum Sauna, […]
February 10, 2015
Chapter Four: Tragic Collection, Magic Confection & Restaurant Perfection DAY FOUR – Hip To Be Square, Our House Is A Very Very Very Nice House, Tragic Story, Never Too Soon For a Macaron, A Visit To Little Poland, Louis And Marie Were Here, Visiting “That Street” For Another Smoky Lunch, […]
February 17, 2015
Chapter Five: Playing The Palace DAY FIVE – RER ERR, Man vs. Machine, Strangers On A Train, Cattle Call, Are You Following Us, Mirror Image, Unique Selfies, Best Orange Juice Since Dubrovnik, Gorgeous Jardins, Grand & Petite, Are You Still Following Us, Change Is Bad, The French David Spade, It […]
February 22, 2015
Chapter Six: Journées du Patrimoine DAY SIX: You Can Fight City Hall (Crowds), A Royal Visit, Smoke Free Dining, Monet Monet, The Path Of Kahn, Crazy Spokesman, Cheese Please, Not You Again, Muscat Love and The Best Meal we Had In Paris Our Saturday would turn out to be the […]
February 28, 2015
Chapter Seven: Journées du Patrimoine (Part Deux) DAY SEVEN – Senate Seat, Jardins Galore, Protestants in Paris, The Deluge, A Bourse Is A Bourse Of Course Of Course, The Big Cheese, One Dessert Is Just Not Enough and The Beginning Of The End We were up so early this morning […]
March 6, 2015
Chapter Eight: That Was The Week That Wasn’t DAY EIGHT – Cough Till I Drop, Drug Run, Camille Is The Deal, Turn For The Worse, Is There A Doctor In The House, 50…No 70…No 90 Euros, Cancellation and The Power Of Pringles Well, we really didn’t need the light of […]
March 14, 2015
Chapter Nine: Trying To Make The Best Of It Day Ten – Barely Hanging In There, The Late Afternoon Is A Little Rosier(s) and Not Ricky St-Gervais This turned out to be our worst full day in Paris (you’ll notice I didn’t say it was “THE worst day of the […]
March 20, 2015
Chapter Ten: The Longest Day…And Night…And Day Day Twelve – Strike 2, The Disconnect, Confirmed, I Go Hugo We Go, Goodbye Mickey, Is There a Doctor In The Queue, Confirmed My Ass, Tracy Plays Her Cards, The Waiting Game, “You’re On”, Dead Man Running, Tracy Gets Us In A Little […]