England or Bust #7: Travel Buddy, Paris are Go

Phew… Kate bought her ticket. Did I fail to mention that earlier? Well yeah, she’s finally done it and now I can breathe a bit easier.

Not that I had any doubts.

Other than that, it seems we are “go” for Paris. While I think Kate would apply her “well, if we’re already so close” to pretty much every country in Europe, I happen to agree with her when it comes to the City of Light.

Our Eurostar tickets from London are just about sorted, however now comes the hard part: booking another hotel. I’ve found this to be the most difficult bit of the travel planning process.

So, if anyone has any recommendations, I’d love to hear them! We’re looking for a three or four-star-ish place near the center of the city/tourist attractions. So, along the Seine, near the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral…

Ready, go!

England or Bust #3: Paris on the table…

Parlez-vous Francais? Oui! Oui! Mais, mon ami n’a pas… I could probably go on, but I’m sure I’d rather not reveal my ability to butcher the written French word. Anyway, I speak French, at least enough to get by (used to be almost fluent, but let’s not…let’s just not) but Kate doesn’t.

This could be very interesting.

Kate has, however, been to Paris. Our plan is to hop over to France via the Eurostar from St. Pancras and spend two nights in the City of Lights. Originally, we were talking about Scotland, but we’ve both been there, and we’d like to spend the majority of our trip in Mother England, so… Paris is winning.

Of course, we may end up in Amsterdam or Prague or Istanbul by the time this all gets settled, but for now, Paris is on the table.