5/4/16: Happy Star Wars Day! In case you missed it last month, check out the link to my "Just read" mini reviews of the latest Star Wars books (and other books), and also my earlier post about why I'm reading the latest Star Wars "canon" novels.
From the Loft Boutique Hostel Paris, last Thursday:
Merely an hour before my connection flight to Seoul, Korea left Seattle yesterday, I had a change of heart. I had just flown standby in Business Elite class to from Portland-Seattle, and another Business class seat was all but guaranteed for the Seattle-Seoul leg as well. The problem was that the return flights from South Korea to the U.S. were 95% full for days. As a Delta standby traveler, I tend to play it safe.
I had mapped out some enticing hiking/scrambling trails near Seoul. But this wasn't the first time that I had abandoned plans to hike in South Korea. See the link to my previous post, South Korea: The Bumpy Road to Seoul... And also the sequel, The Netherlands: Bicycling to Haarlem.
Fortunately, there was a Seattle flight to Paris only one gate away. 55 minutes prior to departure, I changed my listing.
En route to Paris, the Business Elite flight attendants were flawless. The food was exquisite. But for whatever reason, I landed in Paris with a splitting headache and a barely manageable fever.
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| Flying over France |
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| Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport |
Nursing my headache for a spell in the CDG airport arrival lounge helped get me back on my feet. I set off for the Loft Boutique Hostel Paris using the RER train to connect with the blue Metro line. From the Belleville stop on the Metro, the Loft Boutique Hostel was a five minute walk down the street.
On the way to drop off my backpack at the hostel, I stopped by the Englise Notre Dame de la Croix... Not to be confused with its more famous cousin, Paris' iconic Notre Dame cathedral.
As soon as I upload this quickie blog post from Loft Boutique Hostel, I'll dash over to the Louvre museum and (of course) the Eiffel Tower.
I've visited Paris countless times... How have I not yet toured the Louvre?
