Tuesday, June 19th (Paris, France)

Today we met our friends from Fuqua, Matt and Allison Proulx (who have in deed traveled outside the US – we were wrong – to Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean), at the Charles de Gaulle airport just north of Paris and started the final leg of our European adventure. We greeted the Proulx’s while wearing classic French berets and holding a sign for “Griswolds” in homage to the National Lampoon classic European Vacation. They were enthused (or at least relieved) that their first venture to Europe began with familiar faces.

After picking them up, we dove straight into a militaristic death march through the tourist highlights of Paris, starting with the Tour d’Eiffel of course and progressing toward the Louvre and ending with an exploration of the Musée d'Orsay. By 7:30pm, they were exhausted and ready to head home for a good soak in the hot tub. Sadly, by the time we got home the hot tub had closed for the evening, so instead we went out for a nice pizza dinner and crashed with intentions of an early start on our way to Normandy the next day.