The saga continues...

If you have been following this blog, you may be wondering where I am. The answer is that I am still in Paris. I've tried three days in a row to get on the flight back to San Franocisco, all to no avail. So here I am, sitting in a hotel room a few kilometers from the Charles de Gaulle airport. Actually, I'm in the village of Le Mesnil-Amelot. I haven't actually seen the village yet, but I plan on taking a walk later in the day. The past two days, I traveled into Paris for dinner. To do so, I have to catch the shuttle bus which arrives at the hotel every 35 minutes. I take it to the airport and then go to the RER station which is a suburban train system here. Then after a 30-45 minute ride, I arrive in Paris, right near Notre Dame Cathedral. My first night here I had little energy and didn't feel like doing much so I basically just walked around a little and then found a cafe to have dinner in. Yesterday I had much more energy and felt much better so I spent more time. I wandered into Notre Dame where they were in the midst of having a service--evening vespers perhaps. I'm not certain because it was all in French and I don't understand it well enough to catch exactly what was going on. When I thought the service was over (even though it really wasn't) I wandered around the cathedral a bit marveling that people have been worshipping in that same building for centuries. It boggled the mind. And I've made a decision regarding my travel home: I've purchased a last minute ticket for Sunday. So I'll be flying on a legitimate ticket via Lufthansa Airline meaning I've given up on the stand by method of travel for now. And that also means I have another day in Paris to play, which is exactly what I plan to do. As wrote in a previous post,there are worse places to be stranded. Adieu.