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  1. Cindi Ludwig
    October 7, 2019 @ 7:29 am

    Once again you have captured our day and thoughts perfectly! Once we return home and you return to blogging I look forward to continuing to follow you.

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    • Paula Steigerwald
      October 7, 2019 @ 12:44 pm

      Can’t wait!!! You all have us so excited! Cindi, if there’s something I need to know or take, let me know.

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      • lspalla
        October 7, 2019 @ 1:19 pm

        Paula and Tim, bring your biggest dose of flexibility and put aside expectations for things to be as they are in America. That’s the hardest piece. Lots and lots and lots of steps. People don’t believe us until they get here! We are Metro riders almost exclusively and the steps are everywhere!

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  2. Clara Borges
    October 7, 2019 @ 11:06 am

    Exceptional merci Linda for once a gain a wonderful blog love love reading safe travels ludwigs xo

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  3. Carolyn Barnabo
    October 7, 2019 @ 11:20 am

    What a great summary post and photos! Cindi’s coat is gorgeous and nothing as Parisian as having a final surprise protest/demo at the airport.

    Bob might like a little gem ‘How to Read Paris, a crash course in Parisian architecture’ which goes thru time and has wonderful details, photos, drawings and info on Paris’s main buildings (and also monuments, streets, etc.). I love referring to it so much I have a copy in Paris and another in Felixstowe 🙂 It helps me understand the architectural words and vocabulary too!
    Here’s a link: https://www.amazon.com/How-Read-Paris-Parisian-architecture/dp/1782404066/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=how+to+read+paris&qid=1570446309&s=books&sr=1-1

    We’re with you and Bernie on Five Guys, which we tried once in Washington DC. We were hungry and the burgers were admittedly tasty. Paris bus 32 has a stop in front of the one on the Champs and I’m always amazed at how hopping the place is. Then again, it’s the Champs …

    Have a great week ahead all and merci beaucoup for sharing your Paris adventures and observations. Fantastique xx

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    • lspalla
      October 7, 2019 @ 1:17 pm

      Always such a helpful response, Carolyn!

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  4. Fred Mayer
    October 7, 2019 @ 12:15 pm

    What? No photos of the 5 Guys Burgers? 🙂

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    • lspalla
      October 7, 2019 @ 1:16 pm

      I’ll send them to you. Just for you…

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  5. Ashley White
    October 7, 2019 @ 1:15 pm

    The whole trip sounded like heaven to me! My next journey abroad will be a solo one. (A challenge I’m giving myself) Your descriptions of everything Paris has given me desires to maybe make that one of my next destinations!

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    • lspalla
      October 7, 2019 @ 2:02 pm

      Hi Ashley, your folks should be over the Atlantic about now. We had a super time and I wish for you a great visit someday to Paris.

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  6. Peggy Bilbro
    October 7, 2019 @ 10:37 pm

    Cindi wears her new coat beautifully! I enjoyed so much our few hours with Bob and Cindi! It just confirmed what Linda said about how easy going and pleasant they are! Hope to see more of them! Can’t believe you went to Paris to eat at Five Guys when there is one just around the corner from you in Huntsville! 😂. Your salad at the Train Bleu looks amazing! Thanks for sharing all your experiences.

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    • lspalla
      October 8, 2019 @ 4:45 am

      Cindi almost didn’t get the coat but I convinced her that it was very Parisian. She looks great in it! We Americans tend to want our clothes to fit perfectly, tailored, etc. But in Paris, the ladies just throw something on and let it happen…they always look stunning.

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  7. Pat O'Brien
    October 7, 2019 @ 11:36 pm

    Thank Bob and Cindi for us — just watching the 4 of you enjoy yourselves together was a threat. I’m glad you tell us what you order on fancy supper nights, I’ve got to admit that I often don’t recognize what you’re having. I did try escargot a couple years ago in honor of you and Bernie. It came in some little dish, already out of the shell, and swimming in butter. I guess that still qualifies. Now I know, but I didn’t go back for 2nd’s. Of course, B’ham probably wasn’t the best place to try it out. Again, thanks for inviting us along with you, Bernie, Cindi, and Bob. I’m with Fred, how did you like Five Guys?

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    • lspalla
      October 8, 2019 @ 4:42 am

      Ha!! I hope you meant treat! As to Five Guys, we’re not fast food eaters so it was more just fun and not to have a great meal. As to escargot, I’m with you!! It’s a Bernie thing.

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      • Pat O'Brien
        October 8, 2019 @ 4:07 pm

        You’re correct — treat it should have been. Maybe Ms. Bobo’s 5th grade class that I was in wasn’t the ‘smart’ class after all.

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