Is that a dragon in your castle?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Or are you just glad to see me?

It's official, CP and I have booked our flight, and half of our hotel accomodations. We're going to Paris!

3 nights the resort, where we've booked a Montana Room at Sequoia Lodge. 4 nights in Paris, where we have yet to book a hotel. We're flying out on October 22, returning October 30, so we'll be there for the spectacular Halloween festivities.

We scored big time on the fligh. Nonstop from LAX to Charles De Gaulle on Air Tahiti Nui for under $600 a ticket. For less than prices on standard carriers for flight with not only stops but plane changes, we're going to be on a premium airline with pleasantly decorated cabins in near brand new planes, nonstop.

We're ridiculously excited. Since our honeyoon 3 years ago, we haven't taken any sort of real vacation. It's bee nothing more than weekends in Vegas, or San Diego. The closest has been a trip to Seattle, but that was with family to see family, hardly a real vacation. So it's about bloody time.

This will also be the first time the two of us have really been completely left to our own devices on a major trip. Our last two internaional trips, Italy and Mexico, were with a tour group and a cruise respectively. There, so much of the logistics is taken care of for you, and there's always someone around who speaks the language. This will be my 4th time to Europe, and every other time I've been with someone who speaks the language. Not that we expect to have any difficulty, especially in Paris where such a large percentage of people do speak English. And it's not like we were handheld through Italy, we spent a large chunk of it away from the tour group on our own. But it will still be a new experience to not have that safety net to fall back on, and not have all of our transportation, lodging, and much of our meals taken care of in advance. Exciting!

I don't know which portion of the trip (DLRP or Paris) I'm more excited about.