Welcome to Paris!

Our adventure in Paris began Friday morning, Jan 29th as we flew into Charles de Gaulle. The weather was not welcoming, though reminiscent of home (Seattle) -- raining but 20 degrees colder. In the taxi line, we waited for a French minivan (a miniature of our home version) and loaded our 8 pieces of luggage and cat. You’d think we were staying for years! Well, two approximately.
Though not a wink of sleep on the transatlantic flight, both kids finally slept on the hour ride to our furnished apartment in the 16th arrondisement. We‘ll live here for the next month until our furniture arrives from the states. The taxi driver had nowhere to park so she stopped in the middle of the street. I couldn’t mouth “desolee” (sorry) enough to the poor drivers behind us with no way around and were forced to wait. We proceeded , in the pouring rain, to unload all of our baggage, dodging numerous dog poo piles on the way to the front entrance. Bienvenue a Paris! (Whose ideas was this anyways?!)
The apt is in an immeuble ancien (100 yr old bldg). Such a surprise to see how modern it was inside with a well-equipped kitchen, two great modern bathrooms, one with a large tub, the other with a shower. I appreciated the two roles of TP kindly left by the property mgmt. since no other paper products or soap, for that matter, could be found. Thankfully, I was armed with a few small bottles of hand sanitizers I had in my carry on.