We leave Saturday morning. We wanted to do something light on our last full day here. But we needed a final trip to the Lourve. Light. Paul read somewhere that you need to go four months if you want to see everything there. There is so much art, it's pouring into the subways, the doorways.
(On our second trip to the Lourve, the one where we got there with 30 minutes to close, Paul misplaced his hat. We looked 'round and 'round, as if our feet weren't sore enough. Finally I asked at Information if anyone had turned in a hat. The guy looked at me and said, "What color?". Had me at hello. Paul's hat returned!!)
We did not have 4 months. So the night before Paul googled, searched the site, came up with a mere 130 versions of the Greek God Hermes he wanted to see (versions: mostly bronze statues, some marble, some even adorn beautiful jeweled boxes). No way. He dwindled the list down to about 30, after 20 we begged for mercy. None of them were in the same room. BTW same god from Rome: Mercury.
A quick visit to the Musee du L'Orangerie where some huge pictures of Monet are. Then back to house to pack and clean.
Two weeks is a long vacation for us, and sadly also for our cats. It took all day Saturday to get home. We left with a 7:00am taxi for a 11:00 am flight. Landed at JFK at 1 pm, left JFK at 6, arrived home early at 9:30 pm. Long day.
Things we not as we left them here, but they did try to clean up. They went a little crazy cooking, so Paul will have to chemically clean the back top of the stove.
I think we re-arranged their living room when we got there, and forgot to put the couches back where they were. Opps.
Lots of laundry, but it was all ours. Spent time looking for Grazers. Hopefully she will notice we are back, and will surface.We sent a leaflet to the Mont Marin Homeowners Association President which he graciously forwarded to the Associations email list. And one to the humane society.
Got Bellina back, thank you Maile! She lost a few pounds, due to the daily beach walks with their crazy dog, yep, called Maya.
Would we do the home exchange again? Yes, but if we have cats, we think we'll stick to families with 2 kids or less. No matter how wonderful a parent you are, 4 kids is a lot to pay attention to or follow around. And cats just do not do well with things different. Or lively.
Thanks for reading about our adventure, and au revoir!
Maia, Paul and Victoria
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