June 21, 2008
Nothing really exciting for us today, but there is some good news. Noemi’s baby was born early this morning (although we found out a couple days later). She had a healthy baby girl named Dania right about two weeks early – just like she predicted so that she’d be able to participate in all of Fabio’s wedding festivities.
We spent the day packing up our campsite and then driving to Paris. We’ve spent the last three nights in the tent sleeping on fairly thin mattresses that we borrowed from our Swiss friends. The ground here seemed to be harder than in Normandy, but it was a beautiful setting and had a nice (although cold) pool. The man who ran the campground was friendly but didn’t speak any English. I think he was tickled to find an American who spoke French, and he asked me about American politics and current events, etc. He gave Alex and Zac baseball caps with the symbol of the Vendee region. I told him that if he ever makes it California, he should give us a call. We’ll see.
So we drove to suburb of Paris called Vitry-sur- Seine where we checked into our hotel room. We’re trying to save money by staying in a hotel called the Formula 1 – it’s a chain here that is cheap, but is also very compact and does not have bathrooms or showers in the room. We have to go down the hall, but it wasn’t so bad. The rooms are designed for three people with a large double bed(or small queen; I’m not sure which) on the floor and a single bed built onto a small loft attached to wall. Zac and Alex shared the single and Becky, Katie and I shared the bigger bed. Of course, it wasn’t the best neighborhood so we put almost everything from the car into the room as well. It was pretty crowded, but the beds were comfortable, and we didn’t spend too much time in the room.
Okay, we’re ready to see Paris.
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