Our long day of travel began Thursday, the 13th when we left Seattle and headed to Paris via Copenhagen. The Farmers' flight departed just a couple of hours before ours, and we got to the terminal just in time to see their plane leave.
We had a safe journey to Copenhagen. I think I was one of a handful of Americans on the flight, although once we arrived in Copenhagen, we blended right in with all the other blond-haired, blue-eyed Scandinavians. We noticed that just about every male in the airport had a can or pint of Carlsberg beer in hand--even those enjoying the caviar and oysters at the high-end seafood bar in the airport. Our layover in Copenhagen was just long enough to stretch our legs a bit before our relatively short flight to Paris.
We arrived in Paris around 5pm and got our hotel shuttle. Traffic was crazy due to the Rugby World Cup being held at the stadium near the airport. There were lots of Brits in town as tonight's game was England vs. South Africa. After a crazy shuttle ride and lots of near misses with motorcycles, we made it safely to Hotel de la Tulip, a quaint city hotel near the Eiffel Tower. We met up with Jason and Erica and walked a few blocks to the Rue de Cler for dinner at a bistro, where we sat outside and enjoyed a pleasant evening. Afterwards we walked towards the Eiffel Tower to see it lit up. It was an amazing sight!
Tomorrow we plan to go to the top of the Eiffel tower, do some sight-seeing around our hotel, and take a night-time Fat Bike Tour.
I will try to post some pictures tomorrow if I have time.
:-) Stacy
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