Apparently for the last three days Melanie and I have been overly generous on our tipping, in some cases adding an extra 5euro to a 30 dollar bill.  It was only last night when having a late night dinner with friends that also just happened to be passing through (Simon and Helen, for those of…

Scared in Paris, a set on Flickr. A few more pics for your perusal, courtesy of Melanie of course. We apologize for any face bookish duplication

That’s a lot to describe, but a late start to the day was required to try and shake off some of the hurt.  That first day was a little more adventurous/torturous than expected.  Hangover?  It’s more of a body thing where everything seems to ache a little more than yesterday. We strolled over to the…

That pic of the church outside our kitchen window completely eliminates the need for an alarm clock, especially a snooze option.  At now 10:15am we are reminded of how non-churchy we are. No hangover though.  Sure we could have partaken in a bottle or two of wine amongst the masses at the base of the…

Finally, a little sleep.  Those plane rides never make it really conducive to getting quality sleep which put a damper on the two of us staying out late on a Friday night. We did muscle through though.  3PM arrival at Terminal 3 and an eventual 5PM arrival at our apartment.  6th floor with a nice…

Alright, first entry into blogdom…or boredom.  As the reader you are to decide. Finally en route to Paris via Air Transat.  After a mechanical delay mid-air  departing YVR (requiring a reroute back to Vancouver for a maintenance guy to fix what was likely a loose wire, faulty switch, or simply turing the power on)…here I…