2 tickets to ANYWHERE…

Last year in April my husband and I honeymooned in Paris… Intercontinental travel is a daunting experience for those of you who never have. We spent about 12 hours in flight each way. It was one of the best experiences of my whole entire life. I found French scarves, Pain Au Chocolat (chocolate croissants) and got to immerse myself in Montparnasse, the art district of Paris.

Rick and I chose to avoid the whole Paris cliché and wanted to really choose an area where Paris was less commercial, more authentic… Montparnasse is famous for being the heart of intellectual and artistic life in Paris. Galleries, Farmer Markets, Creperies and Cafes were all within walking distance. Each morning we would wake up and visit our favorite little bakery Il Fournil Du Maine. There we would get Pain Au Chocolat and Red Bull, go back to our hotel Le Meridian and watch the pink panther. After breakfast we would just go explore. The gardens of Paris are exquisite. I love how Parisians flock to Jardin du Luxembourg and just seem to spend all day enjoying life. Tennis courts, playgrounds, benches, long winding paths… If I could live anywhere else in this world it would be there. I would love to go back and bring my children someday.

Coming home from a vacation is never fun. But it is especially unpleasant when an already long trip home turns into the LONGEST amount of time it has ever taken anyone to get home EVER! We flew from Paris to Chicago, then were delayed about 4 hours. Turns out the plane that we were scheduled for did not have enough seats?!?! We ended up being delayed in the Chicago airport for nearly 5 hours. Thank god for the airport Starbucks although even that didn’t keep me content for long. We finally boarded the plane, upgraded to first class and were too tired to enjoy it. I remember touching down in Denver so late that the airport was empty. Strangest thing to see busy DIA stripped of its hustle and bustle, just still.

Ok so where is this trip down memory lane going? What is up with the title of this post? Long story short due to our horrendous ordeal with the flight home we were issued two round trip tickets to fly anywhere in the US gratis. Now the question remains – WHERE?

The possibilities are endless. We considered getting lost in NYC, contemplated Golfing in South Carolina even thought about trading in our tickets towards a trip to Italy. Oooooh the possibilities! SO lets hear it… if you had two tickets to anywhere, where would you choose to go and why?

I’ve been writing too many ‘photoless’ posts lately so here are some of my travel photos from our trip. Au Revoir!

Paris as reflected on the glass of Il Fournil Du Maine

Yes thats coffee, I know I know... lord help me lol

Ok so not ENTIRELY cliche free lol

'Paris Green'