after a short nap, we went out for a dinner and found a nice little restaurant near our hotel then walked along the Seine before retiring. 4 hours later I woke up, so I went out and took some long exposures around Notre Dame which are attached. this morning we slept in and then went off to explore the Knights and Horses Stroll which showed us interesting statues from our hotel to Place de la Concorde . . . we found our way through the Louvre (where we visited the Apple store) and all over the Jardin de Tuileries and some side trips to see about tickets to Norah Jones tonight (sold out) but found that tomorrow night at Elise de la Madelaine there will be a performance of Mozart's Requiem, which we plan on attending. ... read more

everything's packed, I took a nice hike up Laguna Ridge after coffee with the guys, Toni took care of some things for the Davidsons and we finalized our packing, double checked out paperwork and gear . . . . we're ready. Randy Harris will take us to SLO Airport and we'll be off to LAX and overnight in Manhattan Beach with the Armstrongs. we met with Steve S to go over what can be done with the addition while we're traveling and we're COOL.... read more

for a glimpse of what our Aegean Sea sailing trip is going to be like go to this link http://www.cruisereviews.com/forum/all-other-cruise-lines/6064-sea-cloud-ii.html... read more

we bought coach class seats on American Airlines and we paid to select seats on all flights (we are waitlisted for upgrades to first class using mileage but so far we haven't got them). we really wanted to fly direct LAX to Paris but that's only possible on Air France so it's LAX to Dallas then to Paris.... read more