Winter 2000
This
was my first trip to Paris. This was a business trip and I went with Ron
Traver, his wife Georgia and Tom Chappelle. We spent most of our time
working, but Ron made sure that we had some free time to spend viewing
the city.
Fall 2000
This was
another business trip to Paris. Tom wasn't able to got on this trip because
he had to have eye surgury so it was me, Ron and Wally Scott. I didn't
have as much free time on this trip, but I took an extra day at the end
of it to see Versaille and the Louvre.
Spring 2002
During
the Spring break Randy and I went to Paris. This was a great trip. We
spent 8 days in Paris, which meant that we had enough time to see quite
a bit of the city. We got to see most of the major sights of Paris and
spring is one of the best times to visit Paris so this was one of my favorite
trips to Paris.
Winter 2003
During
Winter break Randy and I went to visit Paris again. One of the great things
about this trip was that a number of my French coworkers who had been
living in the US had moved back to Paris which meant that Randy and I
could visit people and see how people in France lived. This was a shorter
trip and in the winter time, so it wasn't as good as our trip in 2002
but we enjoyed it a lot. We got to see a number of museums that we hadn't
see on our first trip and we relaxed more and got to see Paris beyond
the typical tourist sites.
Summer 2003
Sally
and I had planned a trip to Italy for our 20th anniverisary but our plans
fell through. Alcatel had a shutdown in August and I was forced to take
my vacation then. Sally had never been to Paris and wanted to go so we
took a short vacation to Paris. Since I had been to Paris a number of
times I convinced Sally to let me see some of the sites I hadn't seen
instead of revisiting all of the top tourist sites. Even though this trip
was a bit too short we had a great time. We visited a number of parks
in the Paris area and also a few museums that I hadn't seen before.
Winter 2005
Sally
and I decided to spend our Christmas vacation in Paris this year. My company
closes between Christmas and New Years so it is like getting a free week
of vacation. We left for Paris the Day after Christmas and spent 8 days
in Paris. This was a fantistic trip. We saw a number of sites we hadn't
see before and returned to some old favorites. We spent New Year's Eve
on the Champs Elysée with about a half million other people. It
snowed a lot of time that we were there, but it never got really cold
and we enjoyed the Christmas atmosphere that the snow provided.