Trip 5

 May 5, 2023

 

We lost nine hours,

so it was around lunchtime.

 

My sister arrived in Paris

before me in a distant terminal.

It took us a while to find each other,

sending texts back and forth.

What a relief to spot her smiling face.

 

We had our first experience

with a Paris train

and being hustled

by a taxi driver.

Uncomfortable with him,

we chose a different taxi.

 

In our cute apartment,

I claimed the living room

with a sleeper sofa

and a desk.

Sis had the bedroom,

but kept stubbing her toe

on a protruding bed piece.

 

Two patios. From one,

you can see the Eiffel Tower.

Rested out on the patio

in sunny weather.

Dinner at a very authentic

French restaurant.

 

The owner was kind and cheery,

and didn’t speak a bit of English.

We communicated, sort of,

through Google Translate.

 

At a little market,

we bought some groceries,

carrying as much as we could

in our tote bags.

 

 

Electrical adaptors.

Out of the six we had,

none of them worked.

Fortunately, our Airbnb host

had a piece in the desk drawer

that fit with one of mine.

Relieved, we charged our gadgets.

 

Unable to get online,

our host said to check the router

which was to the left of the toilet.

We looked by the toilet, no router.

Later, we realized,

he referred to the whole bathroom

as the toilet, and the router was to the left.

Fortunately, the problem fixed itself,

preventing us the embarrassment

of telling the host,

“There’s only a toilet brush

to the left of the toilet.”