Gimpy, Chunky and The Kid Visit Europe: Until we meet again

Chunky here……. Well, it's farewell to Paris. We are on the TGV heading out of the City of Lights. I have done more walking in the last four days than I have in months. Think I have lost about 30 pounds! But the creme brulee, croissants, coffee, wine and ice cream have added about 29. C'est la vie!! Friday was a little strange. We had permission to stay at the apartment until 1, so we ordered a cab for one. Then the apartment manager said we could stay to 3 but it was almost one and the cab was on its way. So we killed two hours at the Gare de Lyon, where we caught the TGV. This train is capable of going over 120 mph…..about the speed we were moving around Versailles on Thursday. We walked, rode bikes, toured palaces, learned about French history, visited a holocaust museum in Paris, went to Sacre Couer and Montmarte….and that was all be 9 p.m.! The most impressive feat was navigating the metro system without getting lost. Luckily Sheri pointed out a couple of times that my directional sense was a little off. Next stop, Chardonne!

The Kid here…. I made my second trip to Notre Dame this morning. As I climbed each step (over 400) to reach the top, I thought about all the hard work it took to make a beautiful place like this where people could worship. When I finally reached the top I was in awe to see the city at this height. It was incredible! As Terry said, we spent all of our time in Paris visiting the many beautiful sites and museums. What a fascinating city full of life! Even though I loved it, I'm ready to head back to the calm, peaceful mountains of Switzerland. Au Revoir, Paris!

Gimpy (still here and moving)... Yesterday was the first day I was up and moving before 9. Julia and I went to Euro Disney. We left the apartment about 8:30 and arrived at Disney at 10:00. We took one subway and a train. The subway had a lot of steps down and lot of walking to the train. Julia had to walk slowly because of me, but it paid off in the end. She got a wheel chair for me in Disney and voila! We got to the front of the line for each ride. We did more rides in three house than you can usually do in two days. Almost felt guilty but I couldn't have walked around the park. I have never been to Disneyland but Julia said it is smaller. Went shopping for gifts (Emily just wait to see what you get!!! Got Terry a t shirt that goes along with the blog.) Julia was in heaven and just found so many things that you can't get in the catalog or stores in the USA. Good day until the end. The bus does a loop and so it goes past where we needed to get off the first time and 30 minutes later we finally got back. Julia went up to the apartment and I went and ate with Chunky and the Kid. We really had a long and busy day. We are on the train now back to Julia's and hopefully a relaxing night. Great fun in Paris, but I enjoy smaller towns more with less people and less traffic. We couldn't have asked for a better place to stay. That really makes traveling easier when you have a nice apartment to come back to. Nice and quiet and each of us got our own bedrooms so they didn't have to listen to Chunky snoring. Back to Chardonne.