Paris, Giverny and Normandy: Toilets, Croissants and the Woes of Traveling with Too Many Suitcases!
Just to keep everyone up-to-date: My suitcase weighed in at JFK airport at a lean 48.5 pounds giving me 1.5 pounds lee-way for buying some mementoes. As we are visiting both France and Italy, that’s not going to work. Unbeknownst to Bob, sometime between now and our next flight, I will be moving things from my suitcase into his in order to maximize my future buying opportunities. We landed in Paris and hit the ground running. As it had been a few years since we have been to “The City of Lights,” and our memories are not what they used to be, we did a morning walking tour to provide us with a review of where the major sights are located. Because we were absolutely exhausted, we then took a tour that can only be described as the “Cliff Notes” version of the Louvre. For those who have never visited the largest art museum in the world, you need to be prepared upon arrival because it is not for the faint of heart. The building is massive with multiple win...