Greetings from Luxembourg

Let me begin by saying that the smartest thing that I have ever done was to carry chewable Immodium in my purse. This wonder drug solves more than what you think its intended purpose would be. It calms down stomach spasms which could otherwise result in some real issues. 

Lesson learned from last night's plane adventure was that when both entrees contain peppers of some sort, automatically presume that anything the flight attendant offers you has some sort of pepper in it, despite their insisting otherwise. I won't elaborate, but when I suffered some real breathing distress and just managed to make it to the bathroom prior to losing my dinner, I was happy to have the chewables in my purse to prevent future disaster, and I am lucky enough to be here to write this blog! 

Our flight out of Philly left late, resulting in a delayed arrival in Paris. Marty and I literally ran from one terminal to the next, passing through security/passport check on the way out of one, and through security, again, on the way into the other. We made it to our connecting flight after running a solid half hour through the airport from one terminal to the next. Good thing I was recovered and we have working legs!

Once on Luxair to Luxembourg, a very small plane, we thought we were in heaven when the steward presented us with the most magnificent croissant we have ever encountered. Our mouths watered while enjoying it and our flight was over before we knew it. Ernest was standing at the gate, as promised, quite surprised to see us as he had checked the flight schedule, saw what time we had landed, and was quite certain that we had missed the connecting flight. He underestimated our stamina, and he commented on how he was amazed that we managed to run from one end of Charles de Gaulle to the other to make the flight. 

We had an extremely busy day, hiking up the site of the battlefield where Marty's uncle was last seen, then going back again, after Ernest called a friend who was also interested, then hiking back again, for some other reason. I'm not certain that my legs will work tomorrow. And, just think about this..... we did all of this running on about 3-4 hours of sleep! I'm going to post some photos on Flickr. Just scroll down to the bottom of the page to view them. In the meantime, I hear Marty snoring.....