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Jacky had already been to Toronto and Bristol on her current consulting contract, and I had not gone along. Now she needed to go to Paris.

A week in PARIS!

Dave Hood
2004-02-22 16:39:02

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Foreword

Jacky had already been to Toronto and Bristol on her current consulting contract, and I had not gone along. Now she needed to go to Paris. I still had a lot to do at Kestrel, but its been a long time. Then I got on the internet and discovered plane fares too good to pass up. Oh, all right! Went ahead and booked tickets.

Certainly we didnt want to stay at a large anonymous hotel. Suppose theres any chance of finding a B&B or something along those lines? More research on the web; found someone with an apartment to rent, left bank, by the day, week or month. Enquiries via email.

Well, the Boul Mich apartment was not available, but there were two others, one near the Eiffel tower, one on the right bank. All this via email, one exchange per day. Just at this time, PacBell started having email server troubles, and it was never clear whether a message had gotten through. To boot, the apartment rentors wanted a contract and a check via snailmail. The calendar was running on, and I reluctantly abandoned the negotiation, booked at a small hotel near the Sorbonne instead. FF490 per night; exchange rate about 7 francs per dollar. Cant complain.

Thursday, February 10, 2000

Weather underground said Paris was cloudy, rainy, highs in the 50s. Sounds like California. It was certainly such a day as we boarded the mid-afternoon Super Shuttle. Pleasant chat with a Canadian fellow-traveler as we rode to SFO.

We were on Air France, an Airbus said to be brand new. We had reserved our seats on the internet, aisles in front of one another. I then asked our neighbors; one of them was willing to swap, so we got to sit together, an aisle and a window. Long flight, as always.

Friday, February 11, Paris

We landed about 2 PM on a sunny, chilly day. Hunted out an ATM, got a thousand francs cash. We also have a handful of ...