Our plane arrives about 6:10 a.m., and our AFS daughter, Ani, and her husband, Ervan, land in Paris from Jakarta about an hour later. Carla and Delvin will be coming by train from London, where they have just spent a long weekend, and by late morning it should be a GRAND family reunion! Its been 15 years since we have been with Ani, and we have never met our Indonesian son-in-law!
We will make our way to the hotel to deposit our belongings and what comes next will be determined by how we feel. We may need breakfast, a look around our neighborhood, or a nap! The plans for later that day will include a walk to Ile Saint Louis, Notre Dame and Saint Chapelle (we are told that the stained glass windows there are gorgeous). We will then walk the Left Bank towards the Eiffel Tower and see where that takes us.
Gil had it right in "Midnight in Paris"
Adriana: I can never decide whether Paris is more beautiful by day or by night.
Gil: No, you can't, you couldn't pick one. I mean I can give you a checkmate argument for each side. You know, I sometimes think, how is anyone ever gonna come up with a book, or a painting, or a symphony, or a sculpture that can compete with a great city. You can't. Because you look around and every street, every boulevard, is its own special art form and when you think that in the cold, violent, meaningless universe that Paris exists, these lights, I mean come on, there's nothing happening on Jupiter or Neptune, but from way out in space you can see these lights, the cafés, people drinking and singing. For all we know, Paris is the hottest spot in the universe.
We will soak in Paris... enjoying every moment of walking in the City of Light.
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