Day 14 – Friday, January 1, 2010 – Paris

We woke up around 10:30 am!  We barely made hotel check-out by 12:00 pm, and so I checked out and we spent another 30 minutes getting packed up in our room.  We walked to McDonalds (they were open!) and had lunch (yum… American meal).  Believe it or not, they didn’t charge for ketchup or sauce there!  Amazing!!

After lunch, we all bundled into the car and I took the family on a driving tour or Paris… complete with a summary of all the significant historical sites and associated facts… like what year they were built, who was ruling Emperor of France at the time, and what the original purpose of each structure was for.  Katie was taking notes.  She said that she wanted to submit them to the museum.  This made me feel good, but it wasn’t until later that I found out that “museum” really meant funny farm.  I talked her out of it, and l think she learned a lot.

Among other things, we saw the Luvre, and the area where I proposed to Katie.  We know that we will have opportunities to return to Paris (when the weather is nicer) and spend more time.  For now, we were content to just drive through in our warm, dry car.  After the tour, we made the easy 2.5 hour drive back to Belgium.  Home again, home again, jiggedy jig!