Saturday, April 29th, 2006    sunrise-06:54    sunset-09:14    low/high temp:4-15C (39-59F)

    Today, it's close out the boat account, grab the taxi they've ordered for us, head back to Nantes and hop the train back to Paris.  After that, wander around Paris, and try to relax a bit.

   
Danielle caught sight of another puppy and had to catch it.          Our driver from Nord sur Erdre
                                                                                               to the train in Nantes...
                                                                                               Fun personality, and I forgot to
                                                                                               write down his name.

   
Two nice looking steeples on the way.  No time to stop, though.

   
Great taxi vehicle.                    And the trailer was awesome!      Cool steeple on this one.
                                               No trying to cram everyone and    Bummer we didn't have time to
                                               everything in the van.                 stop and explore.

   
Take a guess who found these puppies at the train station...

A bit of wine anyone?
Turtle loves trains...

Back in Paris

   
Adjoining rooms.  I forgot     Danielle on the terrace at     She looks down at Mom on
to request a non-smoking      our rooms...                        the terrace.
room, though.  They cleaned
it and changed the bedding.
Much better!  Gotta remember that from now on!

   
The lower patio.                  Our balcony terrace.             The tiny elevator.  Very good at
                                                                                     moving the luggage, though.

   
Kate checks the room.          Scott and Kate do a little           Awesome Cooper Mini!
                                          shopping.  I wonder why Scott
                                          picked this shop....

    While we wandered around, Cindy and Danielle stayed behind at the hotel to relax a bit.  While we were gone, they actually walked around the area surrounding the hotel a little, getting a feeling for the city without any support!  Good for them!  We were quite surprised and pleased they struck out on their own, and even happier that they enjoyed the experience.

     
The shopping center roof near      Relaxing at the Beer Station.      Bakery!
the hotel.                                   Free Wi-Fi and we forgot our
                                                 computers!.. Oh well.... 
                                                 Yep, that's the Arc de Triomphe in the
                                                 background.

   
We noticed this floor panel open from below, and this employee climbs out with a crate of wine bottles.
I sure was tempted to follow him down and get some more!
Scott had the BEST schnitzel he's ever had outside of Germany here.  He was VERY impressed!
 
The girls have profiterole and Danielle has the largest chocolate mouse we've ever seen!

    At this point, Scott and Kate hopped on the train to their hotel near the airport.  The farewells were tough, but they had a long trip for another week in Europe already planned!
    The rest of us had another whole day in Paris prior to departure!  Yippeee!!!