What a start to the honeymoon. First off, that sentence alone should be enough amazement, and the first day of our celebration was indeed one for the record books. I purposely booked an early flight out of San Antonio to Dallas in case of any delays in making our 5:30 pm connection to Paris, and as it turned out - I was right. Mother Nature had big plans for the day and our flight was 40 minutes late in arriving and then, what normally is an hour flight turned into a 120 minute flight due to the weather. If the pilot left Texas and than came back or crawled up the state lines, we will never know, but we left at 11 and touched down in Dallas a little after 1. 

I was extremely hangry, so all I could think about was eating lunch before even thinking about walking around DFW. We stopped into a Kiehl's duty free store and then waited for our flight to Paris. As I suspected, we did not make the upgrade list, but our Premium Economy seats had plenty of room, good food and nice amenities. Alas, while my husband could sleep for nearly 5 of the 9.5 hour flight, I was awake the entire time. No amount of sleeping pills, movie watching or the latest Guncle book by Steve Rawley was enough to relax me.

We landed on time, collected our luggage and found our driver - but the adventure had not ended. There was a Taxi demonstration blocking traffic on the highway and coupled with the morning cars, it took over an hour to get to our hotel. It was well worth it, though as the room is picturesque, the patio is very French and the location in the 3rd couldn't be better. We had a baguette lunch, coffee and wandered around the city until I was too exhausted to continue. While John could have kept going, I was dead to the world for 90 minutes. After a shower and feeling refreshed, we changed and set out for more shopping and an incredible dinner at Les Philosophe. I stopped myself from ordering two creme brûlée desserts and instead opted to walk around the city as the daylight never fully left the sky until 10pm.

I can't help but think of my friends and family who have made this honeymoon what it is already setting up to be  - and of course, I couldn't do it without John. So, yes, I said I love you - so to all of my friends - especially one in particular can relax. A new day awaits - more steps, more coffee, more wine, more adventures and more of something that makes me realize how very lucky I am.