Bonjour!

We we left out hotel in Venice this morning at 6 AM. Much easier to walk the streets when they are not flooded. As a side note, Venice is kind of smelly. Beautiful, but stinky after a flood. We took a bus to the airport and easily made it to our gate. Interestingly, to get to the metal detectors we had to swipe our tickets. No one looked at our passports. Also. I have been stoppe and patted down every time. Which isn’t a bad thing just an interesting coincidence.

I was not feeling well when I woke up this morning and continue to feel sick as I write. We took a bus to the metro and then metro’ed (huh?) to a few blocks from the apartment. We are literally right down the road from Champs-Élysées.

Thank goodness we were able to get into the apartment early. We dropped off our bags and went for a short  walk before I began to feel ill again. We stopped at a crepeteria and had some delicious crepes. (Not better than my Oma’s of course!). We came back to the aprartment and I have basically slept all day while Al planned our itinerary for the week. Thank goodness we have a whole week here and can afford a day to not go out. Bright side we did laundry! Hey. It’s the little things. If I remember correctly we are going to The Louvre, Notre Dome, and Pont Neuf. Fingers crossed I am feeling better in the morning. Here are some pictures from the plane over The Alps and my brown sugar crepe.