We're in Paris!

We're in Paris!!! After months and months of waiting and wondering, it's actually finally here. Unfortunately I'm fighting a cold, which is not the way I wanted our Parisian adventure to start. But at least the taxi driver was really friendly and we somehow managed to squeeze our 8 bags (2 check-in each and 2 carry-on each) into the taxi. Once we arrived at the flat, the owner was there waiting for us, and after going over the keys, wifi, fuse box and TV, we were left to live in our new home for the next 6 months.

The flat is small but nice, and the location great, so we still feel very fortunate to have it come up, and was quite the steal since we were originally mainly looking in the 14th and 15th arrondissements. After a quick shower, I jumped onto the metro to take the hour ride out to work, where a co-worker was picking me up to take me to the office. Unfortunately since I left so late, most of my coworkers already left for the day, but at least I got to get my bearings a little bit and now know which train direction to take.

Then once I got back home we went out in search of crêpes since it's our favorite French food. Unfortunately (as we later learned) we went the wrong direction and ended up wandering around Paris jet lagged, hungry, and cold, until finally giving up and going back the apartment. Of course we still had to eat something so I went out to search on my own. I then went the opposite direction, and 5 minutes away... success! Unfortunately it didn't have chicken, but they did have ham, egg, and cheese, and of course nutella-banana, so we were set! Tired and exhausted, we headed to bed as I was scheduled to travel to Leeds, UK the next morning to visit the distribution partner I'll be working with the next 6 months.

Also I'm really glad we decided to fly British Airways instead of American, as the plane was quite nice with video on demand, the seats decent sized (for economy) and the stewardesses sounded like Mary Poppins. And even for the short 1 hour flight between London and Paris, they served us ham croissant sandwiches, which is perfect since we didn't get a chance to eat before getting on the plane.  The only negative part is our gates for both LHR and CDG were REALLY far away from our connections, and we actuallly had to be bussed in from the airfield since they didn't park at an actual gate. But we made it, and that's the important part!