I am traveling to Paris, France tomorrow. It is hardly imaginable that after many months, this trip has finally arrived! It will be my first foray to Europe in this lifetime.
My youngest won this trip last year. She was playing around online, looking for a car to buy, when she ran across a sweepstakes for a vehicle. While she didn't win a car, she did win the second Grand Prize: a trip for two to Europe. And she's taking her Dad...
I will be leaving Boston tomorrow night and arriving in Paris Sunday morning. We will have the entire day to reunite after a six month absence from each other. (She now lives in France.) Along with her new husband, we'll walk the streets of Paris together in what is sure to be a surreal experience for both of us.
Monday morning we'll be boarding a flight to Athens, Greece. Four days and three nights of exploring this ancient city on the Aegean. While we'll be sure to take in the main tourist sites, I'm looking forward to breathing in the ocean air and tasting the food, wine, and culture.
We'll return to Paris on Thursday and have two more days in the City of Light. I am most excited to see all of the places that my daughter frequented while living in Paris. Her school, her favorite restaurants, her old apartment. Saturday evening I'll return to Boston.
I expect to be quite busy taking photographs, writing blog posts, and capturing every moment of my trip for Steemit. I hope that you'll check in frequently to share this journey with me. I expect that my curation of your posts may suffer while I'm away, but be assured that I'll be back at upon my return home.
That's all for now, friends. If you have any specific recommendations for restaurants or pubs, cigar bars or other places of interest, in ether Paris or Athens, please leave them in the comments below.
Cheers!