Relaxing in Paris

The final stop on our trip was Paris, France. Paris and Singapore were the only two places we visited that we had been to before. Singapore was a break in the middle of our trip and a chance to spend time with an old friend. We chose Paris as the city in which to end our oddyssey because we wanted to finish someplace fun, someplace romantic, and because Lisa and I both have great memories of the city from a previous visit.

We based ourselves in a hotel near Rue Cler and the Eiffel Tower. Since we had previously seen many of the city’s tourist attractions, we didn’t stress over experiencing them all over again. We did make it for the first time to the Rodin sculpture museum (which was very worthwhile) and to Montmarte (which was more touristy and less interesting), but otherwise we simply spent time enjoying the city. We walked the streets, went to cafes, ate crepes and chocolate, relaxed among the flowers and sculptures of the Luxembourg Gardens, drank wine while sitting in the grass near the Eiffel Tower, and tried to contemplate the amazing journey we’d been on for the past four months.

Then we boarded a plane for Boston.


Here is Lisa enjoying the Luxembourg Gardens...














and Bob blogging from a cafe...