Third Time's a Charm!
Some of you may know that Chris and I have been trying to get to Paris - first, in 2015 and then again in 2020. I got sick enough in 2015 that I couldn't travel. You all know what happened in 2020. But we are now in Paris, so 2024 has been good to us. Many of you asked us if we were excited about our prolonged trip. Before we left Indianapolis, we were not excited, just because we were too encumbered with selling our house, packing up and emptying the house, working with our architect on the renovations for our Chicago apartment, and planning our trip. But I finally got excited when I knew we were on our way to Paris. Here we are in the TGV train (très grande vitesse - very high speed) on our way to Paris from Barcelona: The train maxed out at 290 km/hr. at one point! So much better than flying! Before saying more about our first few hours in Paris, I should finish up in Barcelona. Naomi left this past Tuesday to go home to Chicago. Chris and I spent our final day in Barcelona at ...