Then we took the subway over to the seine and saw the beautiful Notre Dame and the louvre. Back to the train station and all aboard the sleeper train to Germany.
--- Erin
Day one: Wednesday-San Francisco
We drove from slo around 7:45 am to arrive funston, around 11:30, taxi didn't show up but eventually did and we were early to catch the 3:40 nonstop to Paris. Air France was very nice with complimentary champagne, and French merlot. Watched silver linings playbook.
Ts - watched lord of the rings, good kids meal
Cab $30 lunch at airport $30
Day 2: thursday-6 hours in Paris. Arrived at about 11am, took Subway to est-gare...checked luggage and then walked around canal st.martin. Ate some strange tripe filled sausage at cafe with more French wine. Then took the metro to Norte dame and the louvre, and ate escargots with coffee. Then back to the station to wait an hour or so for couchette sleeper train at 8 pm. Very small and tiny shower, not as nice as in the pictures.
Metro $50, first lunch 70$, second lunch 100$,sleeper train per purchased for about $350
Day 3: friday june 7th - mini shower on train, met by Daniel and maja vitt at station for an elegant breakfast at hotel near train station, then off to ingolstadt to pick up the Audi. VIP service here with Tom spillanes name on the screen for 2:00 pickup. Good cafe but not complimentary fine dining....Tom Erin and joe rush off with car after dropping Tomas and I at vh ambassador hotel free from Audi. Nice meal at hotel, Tomas has not eaten a thing up until this point in trip. Watch tv and sleep ok but very tired to get up at 6:30
Breakfast courtesy of the Vitts, they also pre purchased our ingolstadt tickets and Tomas and my Stuttgart tickets. Dinner $35
Day 4: Saturday - train to ulm then transfer to Stuttgart floods are in areas of Germany but yesterday and today are quite hot, the first nice days Germans have seen in months. So first to the house in möhringen, then back to Stuttgart by train to get peer and Jonas at their chess tournament. (Jonas gets trohpy for 3rd). Lia, Gustie (en famille exchange partner with Lia), Gerhart and I go to the plate where the parliament is for lemonade beer combo called ? And the girls find me the Birkenstocks at a store. We eat sour cream pizza and German food at schaten? Brewery, the first real meal I have seen Tomas eat. Weather is hot, hot, hot!
Birkenstocks $75, dinner, $150
Day 5: Sunday- Tomas old team has scheduled a match just because he was coming, but we (no, I) awake to crashing thunder and lightening and rain at 6:30 am. Thinking for sure the plans are cancelled I go back to sleep. But by 9:00 weather is fine and the game is on. Tomas plays about 15 minutes each half and does well, while peer scores a hat trick in his first game back since his cast of his left arm 4 weeks ago. Quick trip to stuttgart again for the porsche museum (nice quick audio tour and photo ops. ). Back to the house, more soccer for kids then out to new italian restaurant for good food (and bier). Lia and Gustie are packing for field trip to alps with school. We leave the tequila with instructions how to make margaritas and Gustie planning to cook Mexican food for them.
Day 6: Monday- I didn't set the alarm, woke up late and rush off to Stuttgart to catch train to Munich to meet dad joe and Erin at the Vitts. Train is late and later cancelled anyways so we rushed for no reason. maja picks us up from station and we eat pasta and have coffee and relax until Johannes gets home from school. Tandem bike through Germering, stopping at grocery store for mexican taco makings, as well as gelato, and fair trade store. Maja makes rouladen and we drink Daniel's fine wine.
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