It still feels like a dream, but this morning we really did wake up in Paris.

According to our itinerary, we should have been waking up here yesterday (that was Saturday for us). But after a mechanical fault in our plane in LA, our flight to Munich was cancelled and we had to spend Friday night at a hotel by the airport, therefore missing our scheduled flight to Paris. Then due to slightly unnerving communication from our airline (the new boarding pass for my flight to Munich was showing me as being on the waiting list) our entire Saturday was spent in LA Airport, the first few hours hanging around until we could get confirmation that Clive and I were indeed going to be able to catch the same flight to Munich, and the second half actually waiting to catch that flight. No offence Los Angeles, but I was not in the least bit sorry to leave you!

Munich Airport was a breeze in comparison, and we arrived in Paris last night, took three different trains to our wee apartment in Asnieres-Sur-Seine, found something to eat and feel asleep.

But today we began as we mean to continue…

Followed by this….

From the top of which we were able to see this….

which was just incredible.

But seeing this darling with my very own eyes – well that was a moment I will never, ever forget.

And so we decided to take a closer look.

Thank you Julie for gifting us a trip to the very top AND a glass of champagne.

SALUT!

We spent an amazing two hours in the Eiffel Tower – it was so incredible we found it hard to leave! We then had dinner alongside the Seine River, wandered around the streets of Paris a bit more and got back to see the tower lit up. Superbe!

And to darling Sasha – joyeux 10e anniversaire ma cherie!