Day 1 - On Our Way!

JFK airport wasn't too crowded, and with David's Mosaic status and our TSA pre-check, we breezed to our gate.  The plane boarded early and our seats had a good bit of legroom.  Unfortunately we sat on the tarmac for an hour before taking off.  We all watched movies and ate airline dinner (better than I expected, but they serve cold food) and then we tried to sleep.  There was quite a bit of turbulence which kept me awake.  At one point I couldn't find my glasses.  I grabbed my phone flashlight and was digging around my seat when Adele pointed out that I was wearing them.  We had a good laugh and then tried sleeping again.  At about 3am (NY time) I gave up, read my book and started writing this.

I thought our plane looked cool at night.

After landing we had a very long walk to the train station and a confusing time buying the appropriate tickets for the train to Paris and then the metro.  But we got where we were heading quickly.  We were supposed to pick up a key from a lockbox but the key wasn't there.  Eventually we found out that we should meet the agent at the apartment.  So we went there, got into the outer lobby and were waiting for someone to bring us a key.

David waiting outside the apartment.

Eventually the man came and showed us around.  He only spoke French, so thankfully Adele could communicate with him.  The apartment is huge, nice, although a little run down, but will be perfect for our time here.  We have a living room, dining room, three bedrooms, two bathrooms (although just one toilet) and a view of the Canal St. Martin.

Our very tiny kitchen

View from our terrace!

Prior to leaving home, I printed up a detailed itinerary and printed up all the tickets for sights that we had pre-booked.  Unfortunately, Adele accidentally left her tickets at home.  But luckily, I have all of it on my phone!  We had some snacks and drinks at the apartment, then we went out to look for a restaurant, and found one just a block or two away.  We had a bottle of wine, zucchini tzaziki sauce with baguettes, Adele had mussels and David and I each had beef with sweet potatoes and au gratin potatoes.  Delish!!  Then home to crash!

Dinner, above and below (well after we started eating!)

Across the Canal from us