Bonjour! (See me throwing in the french:-)

We are here safely and alive. For once I had no problems with flying out of the lovely Lexington airport. The first flight was..rough to say the least. Congrats to the pilot who made me truly sick from flying for the first time. I had a seat on the small plane at the very back..right beside the bathroom. The landing felt like we were on a rollercoaster...I thought I was going to throw up right there..but instead just cold sweats and scaring to death the poor man beside of me. I was actually not sitting next to Megan and Matthew..but I think they did fine for their first flights..especially with a bad one. I slept most of the long flight..but it was one of the nice planes. It was the one where everyone has their own individual tv monitors and can choose between like 12 movies (remember Lisa..I think it is just the French flights..and we got the handy eye covers as well:-). We arrived yesterday..took an expensive cab to our hotel..walked around for a few hours..nearly about to fall asleep on benches. Finally we could check in the hotel..took a long nap..then had dinner. Wow..it is more difficult to eat in Paris than Italy not knowing the language. I eat so much Italian that I know the words be default I think. We survived dinner last pm...but probably only because it was a Tex-Mex place. Yes..I know in Paris, but it seemed the safest. Today we mastered the metro...saw the Eiffel Tower..the Rodin museum...the location of Princess Di's memorial (well sorta), and tried to see Jim Morrison's grave (go there too late). My feet of course ache but it's an European vacation..so to be expected! Paris is...busy, expensive, and rainy.:-) But I am enjoying myself..and I think Megan and Matthew are for the most part. They are handling the culture shock in different ways. Matthew is quiet as he is overwhelmed by it at times and Megan gets frustrated at not knowing what to do. I am alive though..and trying to figure out what in the world we are going to eat tonight...sigh. People are looking at me funny as I take pictures everywhere but it's all good. I will keep you posted as I need to stop rambling because this is costing me an arm and a leg here in Paris! Au revoir (spelling?)