S and J's Big Adventure(s): October 2026

Alicia arrives from Japan
for the Month of September

What a treat to have our youngest grandchild with us for a month.

I took the train to Paris the night before she arrived on September 2, 2026.

Settled in the Hotel L'Enclos Rey (God's/King's Enclosure - a former monastary)

September 2 to 4, 2026

Pick up Alicia at CDG, back to Hotel for a shower and nap.

Then a tour of Paris from the To-oTbus (Hop on, Hop off)

At 7:00 am Alicia arrives at Charles de Gaulle International Airport

Arriving safely...

The iron doors to the "Hotel"

To-oTbus Tour Map

The bus tour starts at the Tower

On the bus tour...

Dinner at a nice restaurant

Pasta

A full day of site seeing and

a metro ride to Palais Galleria and lunch

Now for lunch...

Yum, French Onion soup

Some site seeing in Paris...

Dinner

For Thursday...

Versaille!!!

George Washington

Who knew? A wing in the Chateau dedicated to the American Revolution

The Hall of Mirrors

Admiring the view

The Royal Chapel

Now the Gardens

We have something to eat
in one of the Tea Rooms

As we look across a courtyard we can see the queens of the castle

Thank you,
Louis XIV

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Before we leave, a last visit to Eiffel Tower Park...

As we eat our ice cream cones an Indian Cultural Parade called "Nagar Yatra" begins in front of us

We have to hurry to get ahead of the parade so we can make it back

to our hotel and catch our train to Pau.

Now the train from Montparnasse Gare to Gare de Pau begins.

Gare de Pau

We settle in and then take a walk on the Boulevard

John and Alicia in front
of our apartment building

September 5-13, 2026

We have a week of settling in Pau and getting to know each other better.

In the lobby of Residence le France

Shopping with Katie and Shani

September 14 - 18, 2026

NICE, France to see Olivia! (and meet Thibault)

We take the Flixbus to Nice from 8 Boulevard Lucien Favre

A blip in the trip...

We go to get some food at the stop in Toulouse - the food takes a while and the bus leaves without us ... with our luggage. 😛
We are able to get the BlaBla bus to Nice.
Of course when we reach Nice, our luggage is gone with the Flixbus.
We check in to our hotel - Hotel Lepante (without luggage), go to bed (it's about 1:30 am now.)
Next morning, we check in with Olivia, who says she will see us at our hotel at noon.
We breakfast at the hotel, buy toothbrushes and prepare for the rest of the day.
Olivia meets us at the hotel: John and I go back to the airport/bus station to look at lost luggage,
Olivia and Alicia take off to see Nice and get to know each other (they have never met.)
Of course, our luggage is not at lost luggage as the Flixbus rep said was a possibility.
We now go to meet our granddaughters for shopping at Monoprix for underwear, nightwear and a change of clothes before we meet Thibault at his family's 100 year old used bookstore...

Now our trip in Nice begins...