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Lori made it home safe and sound this weekend. It's so nice to have her back. We spent yesterday planning our upcoming travels and it's proving to be more difficult than we hoped. We thought traveling by train would be the best option because airports are outside of cities and train stations are usually right downtown. This would alleviate the hassle of getting to and from the airports. The downside is trains take longer and when we are traveling on weekends we can only go so far by train or else we spend too much of our time in transit. Not to mention that trains are more expensive.

There are discount airlines that offer great rates but most seem to operate out of secondary airports. Ryan Air for example has great deals all over Europe, but they fly out of Beauvais Airport which is an hour and twenty minutes by shuttle from Paris. When we get to our destination we would have a similar problem. Renting a car would be the best idea for some of the places we would like to go, but I was hoping to avoid driving in Paris if at all possible.

Anyway, we may not be going away as much as we imagined but there is still lots for us to do and see in Paris. Our next trip is to Brussels in a couple of weeks. I have a wonderful wife who is willing to go along on a brewery tour with me, even though she hates beer. I'll have to make sure she gets plenty of chocolate while we are there.

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