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Sunday, August 22, 2010

Surprise!

It started off innocent enough...

Brian - "Hey, leave Saturday open we are going away with Sean and Adrienne"
Tracy - "OK cool, where are we going"
Brian - "I dunno, I gotta talk to Sean"

Oddly enough, I left it at that. If the boys wanted to plan something - fine with me!

Fast forward to Saturday morning at 8am, I was told that we were meeting Sean and Ado at Waterloo Station. Given that information I thought we were on our way to Brighton or maybe
the New Forest. Brian insisted that I wear shorts and comfortable sandals, even though it was a cold and gray British "summer" morning.

Being so early in the morning, I didn't pay attention to where the cab was headed. Suddenly, we pulled up to St. Pancras Int'l Station. Hmm...I was confused. We walked in side and the next
thing I knew we were in line for the Eurostar check in, and Brian was handing me my passport (that he so sneakily stached in his cargo pockets) and pulling out our LV Paris guide book.

SAY WHHHAAAATTTT???

Paris?

For the day?
Best.Husband.EVER.

Sean and Ado arrived shortly after, Adrienne and I doing a little happy dance knowing that we were heading out of the grey day in London and heading for sunny Paris! No wonder Brian
insisted I wear proper summer attire - in Paris they actually have real summer weather during the summer months!

A quick trip through security and boarder control and we were off!


What was the plan for the day? Absolutely nothing. Wander around Paris. Eat. Drink. Repeat.

Perfection.


I have a confession to make. Its a little bit embarrassing.

We have never been to Paris.

Yes, yes - I KNOW that we have lived in London for almost two years annnddd I spent an entire semester abroad in Italy. But, it just never made it on the list. Oh but now. Now its at the top of the list.

I
Loved
Paris



My first loyalty will always be to Italy, but holy crap. Paris is amazing. We didnt even see the Eiffel Tower or have a crepe or any macaroons (don't worry - we saved those for our weekend trip to Paris scheduled for mid October). What did we do?

We rode bikes.
Had an amazing lunch.
Wandered around the streets of Paris.

And we enjoyed a nice little spread of Paris's finest on the Eurostar home.

What a perfect day.
Posted by tracy lynn at 10:48

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