First day in France

We started out by getting up at 5:45am. Thank you to all of you who prayed for us. We ate a nice English breakfast and then began our marathon hike to the airport with all our luggage. We arrived with plenty of time. IT was the London city airport and we were not that impressed. It was very tiny, they didn't even know your gate til you board the plane. Everyone just waits in a large holding area. As you walk into the airport you are greeted with police holding machine guns, and we got on a very tiny flight in which I got motion sickness. But once we arrived in Paris, we were ready for our next adventure.

We found a bus that took us pretty close to our hotel and check in. Our first stop out was a quaint bakery and had our first french encounter. It went something like this, us talking in English, her talking in French, us talking back in English and her talking back in French. Pointing didn't quite do it, so we managed to get meals but had to eat them in the freezing cold because we didn't pay the fee to sit inside. I am just glad that I took 3 1/2 years of French, too remember very little (sorry mom and dad) but I am remembering short phrases that are helping. Larry is actually letting me take the lead on stuff because I know a small amount of french. I also have our English/French Dictionary which we have already used several times. After our lunch we headed to 3 different historical churches, St. Chapelle, Notre Dame and St. Germain Des Pres. These catholic churches were so breathtaking. THey had stained glass dating back to the 1500s everywhere, statues and high arches, just beautiful. You could really feel the presence of God there.

Then, we ended our day with dinner and a stroll along Champs de Mars to see the Eiffel Tower and right as we approached, it lit up with lights for a few minutes. It was Spectacular!

We have realized how much we take the English Language for granted and how easy it was in Europe. But, we are determined to try to communicate the best we can, at least I would like to.