July 31. 2009
Jarom and I decided a week and a half ago, to wisk off to Paris for his week off. We thoroughly enjoyed a visit from grandma and grandpa Olson on the 29-30, and my sister Valerie flew in on the 30th also, with cute baby Noah. Thank heavens for a great sister so willing to watch our kids for a week! Going from 1 to 5 kids is a big change, but thank goodness our girls are getting old enough to be independent!

So Saturday, we got on our flight to Charles de Gaul at 8:50pm, and arrived in Paris around 11:30am. We taxi’d to our apartment, took a desperately needed nap, and started our Paris adventure. The architecture is beautiful of course, same as Italy and Spain. Narrow streets, skinny bread eating people because they walk everywhere, and thank goodness for newly purchased flat sandals(sorry for the shoe shopping trip that took hours before!). Back to our apartment, atelier de picasso, one of picasso’s first apartments. We are up on a hill, and have a beautiful view of Paris and the Eiffel tower. We are in after walking the streets and eating dinner in a cute restaurant cafe. Wow, our meal was great… pics will come after our week, but I will try and journal our daily activities so our sweet girls can follow mom and dad.

On a side note for my journaling, found out this week I have a nice combo of lymes disease, fiber/chronic fatigue, and what I’ve already known as hypothyroid. That explains the unexpected weight gain after our move:). So I was told I can no longer eat gluten(which happens to be in almost everything…celiacs disease…and no dairy products…what the? So, I thought coming to France I’d try and be good, but let’s face it, whose not going to eat bread and cheese in France? I’ve already eaten a foot long French bread walking around. So here’s to the new lifestyle change…in a week of course!

Good night, from our glass dining table, looking out our open windows at the Eiffel tower.