We're back!

We are back from our trip to Paris! It was SO much fun and we really fell in love with France. They people are so much nicer than we have all been led to believe!

I am going to chronicle each day on our blog, so people that want all the details and to know what we did (and ate) can have that information.

Day 1 started off very eventfully. We were scheduled to have 43 minutes to make our connection from Amarillo to Houston. I woke up at 5 am that morning panicked because I had a feeling we were going to miss our flight. Guess what? We missed our flight. The plane was pushing back as we got to the gate.

The gate agents arranged new flights for us and we flew to London then Frankfurt and finally Paris. The silver lining was that the first class seats on the flight to London laid completely flat. It was the best slept I have ever gotten on an airplane. Plus, we got to be in London and experience a little of the royal wedding craziness.

By the time we got to Paris, we were exhausted. We checked in at our apartment as soon as we got there. If you are going to be in Paris for more than a couple days, I totally recommend an apartment. They are way bigger than the hotel rooms and usually have better locations. We stayed 2 blocks off of the Champ de Mars and right across from the Rue Cler.

The best part of the apartment was the AMAZING view of the Eiffel Tower. It was so surreal to watch the news in the morning and look out the window at the tower.

For dinner we ate at Le Florimond and it was delicious. I tried duck confit for the first time and really enjoyed it. Maybe that had something to do with the fact that it was fried. The owner explained the menu to us and answered our questions, which was a relief since neither of us speak much French.

All in all, it was a great first day in Paris! I'll blog more about the other fun stuff we did later this week!