Reflections on "Two Chicks do Paris" Trip

I know - it has taken me 2 months to write my final blog entry! Life just gets away from me sometimes (usually) and I just need to organize myself. I am still catching up but it was worth it. I still have a cough (probably from the whiney guy sitting in the seat from the CDG to Miami leg). But I would do again and again and cannot wait for my next adventure!

This trip was as great as all our blogs have said. We each got to see everything that was on the must do list. There were a few minor things we did not see but that is another trip. My only regret is I did not eat enough chocolate, pastries and bread.

It also further reinforced the fact that the French people are really not rude, warm, and interesting. They do not hate Americans - just ignorant, loud, judgmental, close minded people who think that when in France, people should speak English, have American food and culture (Hmmmm.....). I have encountered more rudeness in Longview, Washington that I did in France. I love the food, the culture, the people, and the language. I cannot wait to go back. I will continue with my practice of my hideous French, continuing to laugh at myself and enjoy it all!There were moments of frustation (my shoes would not stayed tied, we got lost in Paris traffic with a map which lied, we missed the manager of the apartment so I had to figure out how to use the French public phone and find him) but there far and few. The laughter and fun far outweighed any negatives and problems.

So . . my next adventure? When? Where? Who knows! I am hoping to get back to France in the next year or so. But there are so many places I want to see. I am thinking . . . India? Thailand? Vietnam? Egypt? Turkey? Don't know, don't care - but wherever. I will return to France and I will always have these very fond memories of the Two Chicks do Paris!