No matter how well organized you believe you are, it’s stressful to try and pack everything the night before, when you have two pairs of hands touching everything 🫣 Train tickets – misplaced …. What happened to the bag with my hair ties … I’m a very visual person and when things are not where I put them in my mind … total confusion 😂 Finally decided that things will get sorted out in Paris.
Disembarked the ship at 9am for the train station. The driver was on time, very nice, very polite … get to train station – not super familiar with train stations because we don’t use them often without someone who is familiar …. We ask “So, where do we go?” … the most Swiss answer ever … “Inside, goodbye” 😂🤣😂 we just stood there laughing for a moment as he drove away.
Anyway, we were able to find our gate without too much trouble, thanks to Morgan and had a 3 hour wait for our train. Again, we were fortunate to see an American speaking Mom with children (ALWAYS ask a Mom!) and we got ourselves sorted out and in the correct car. With temps over 100° and being in the top car … it was a bit warm. Arrived in Paris 3 hours later and HOLY MOLY was that a busy station. Luckily, we connected with our driver fairly quickly and after a 20 minute drive arrived at our home away from home the next 4 days, The Hotel Baume is a very nice hotel, situated close to many museums and other sites – I think we’re going to enjoy it here. Did a quick tour on the Toot Bus, so that’s where the majority of pics today were taken.
I had a Marilyn Monroe moment over an open grate on the way to the Toot Bus … thanks goodness I had shorts/tights on under my sundress …. 🫣 and right after that, I hear Morgan “Look at that RAT!” …. Good times – will post the rat picture tomorrow 😬
Tomorrow, the girls will visit The Louvre and we will meet them after their tour and head to Montmartre for lunch and a walk around. This was one of my favorite places we visited when we were here in 2021. I’m looking forward to seeing the Sacre Coeur again and having a little more time to just wander, without the constraints of being with a tour group.
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