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The group decided to visit one of the chateaus on the museum pass  The Chateau de Fontainebleau is one of the sites listed on the museum and had good reviews.  Retail cost:  11 Euro  History Moment:  Fontainebleau is a town southeast of Paris, known for the opulent Fontainebleau Palace. Built by French royalty, with parts dating back to the 1100s, the palace houses Marie Antoinette’s Turkish boudoir, the Napoleon Museum and a lavish theater. Its formal gardens feature ornamental lakes and sculptures. Surrounding the town and chateau is Fontainebleau forest.

Greg had been acting as the navigation officer (He was the first to bite the data roaming bullet).   In this role, Greg was sometimes subjected to intense questioning by other members of the group and he was not sure how he felt about leading them like a Mother Duck with ducklings straggling  behind.  (Quacking – Where are we going?  What is the stop?  Where is (Insert name?)).    Joyce and Debbie took pity on Greg and researched the route to Fontainebleau.  It required a bus ride, Metro Ride, and a TRAIN RIDE.  They researched and planned that sucker like it was a military campaign.  They knew what train to take, how to read the signs, how to find platform A or B,  yellow or blue gates and how to find the gate number of letter.

The group marched through the train station like a well executed machine.  They were so early that Don and Greg went for a snack while everyone else went in search of toilets.  The toilet search involved a long walk to another platform and .80 cent payment per person.  (Debbie had to fund Larry.  He has since been issued his own change.)  There was also an incident where Debbie ended up flashing the train station because the lock did not work.  Debbie personally felt that she should have been given a refund but felt that arguing this point in a foreign language would not bode well plus would mess up the well oiled machine.  Everyone made it back to the rendezvous point to board on time.

Some of the more interesting highlights of the Chateau were:

• The Pope’s Apartment – It sounds nice and friendly but actually the Pope was held prisoner
• Napoleon I Museum –  They have the Napoleon coat and 3 cornered hat
• The Great Apartments – Napoleon and his wife’s apartment including the room where he abdicated.  (This is also where Debbie started figuring out that Josephine got dumped because his wife’s name was Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria not Josephine).  Some rooms designed by Maria Antoinette (never got to use them as she went to La Conciergerie)
• The Gardens – Lots of room to walk

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The group went to Montebello’s Steak House for lunch just outside the chateau.  During this trip, Debbie decided to award the Adventure Award. This is the award for going outside one’s comfort zone and be adventurous.   Our first award goes to Joyce for ordering steak tartar with a raw egg on top.  The waitress asked two times if we knew what it was and if Joyce was sure.  Congratulations to our winner.  (Note: Joyce said that she will not order again.  2nd Note:  Debbie will never win this award for steak tartar).

The Chateau was given a high rating with small crowds.  Well worth the trip.

Total YTD Museum Pass value:  71.5 Euro

 

A lot of research has been done for this trip.  Everything that was read suggested that Sainte-Chapelle was crowded with long lines.  The best approach was to arrive early and be there at opening at 9:30.  As the group rounded the corner at 9:00, they saw a long line 6 to 10 people across snaking down half a block.   It appeared that the research was correct and it would be a long morning.  They even had guards with guns holding the lines back and sometimes lawyer looking people came out and dragged someone out of line into the building.  (Seems a bit extreme).  Greg, our interpreter extraordinaire , explained that we were in the Department of Justice line for court and not Sainte-Chapelle. The church is surrounded by government buildings that use the same entry for tourist and people called to court. Once in the correct line, Joyce was ecstatic that the group was number one in line.  (There was a woman that tried to sneak up to first position but through stink eyes and proper body blocking the threat was averted.  The group also believes that the man who sets up the ropes for the lines does not enjoy his job and should consider seeking employment elsewhere). Retail Price:  10 Euro  History Moment:  Built in seven years, an impressive feat, the Sainte Chapelle was intended to house precious Christian relics, including Christ’s crown of thorns, acquired by Saint Louis.

Crypte Archeologique was next on the list.  Retail Cost:  5 Euros History Moment:  A display of ancient, Medieval & more recent remains found under Notre Dame during renovations.

The Conciergerie is a few minutes walk from Sainte-Chapelle and Notre Dame.  Now here is where Debbie got confused.  A definition of a concierge is a person who is employed to someone who is employed  to help guests arrange things.    Retail Price 8.50 Euro.  History Moment:  (Are you skipping these?  Debbie may ask you about them – Don’t cheat).  A medieval royal palace that became a revolutionary tribunal and Marie-Antoinette’s prison until she was executed.  Debbie will never think of a concierge in the same way again.  What exactly did they arrange for these prisoners?  A trip to the guillotine?

At this point, Don and Greg, left the group as they did not want to proceed to the Pantheon.  The other’s made a quick stop at the Creperie Genia.  At least, as quick as you can be in Paris.

History Moment:  In 1744, Louis XV recovered from a serious illness from which he said he was cured by invoking Saint Genevieve.  Louis XV built a monument dedicated a to Genevieve.  In 1791, the monument was transformed into the National Pantheon.  Famous French citizens are buried in the Pantheon. It is a spacious building with plenty of seats to rest tired feet.  Some of the famous citizens buried are Victor Hugo, Pierre and Madame Curie.  Retail Cost: 7 Euro

The next stop was the Musee de l’Armee (Retail value 11 Euro) – History Moment:  This is the Museum of French Military History and the Tomb of Napoleon.  The military history is interesting and goes through World War II.  The group walked around for awhile and were ready to visit Napoleon’s Tomb. At this point, the nightmare occurred.  Debbie dropped her camera on the cement floor.  Yes, you read it correctly.  She dropped her camera and she did this in front of everyone.  No need for a stage – just drop the camera.  After the shock wore off, Debbie picked it up and turned it on.   She is sorry to report that the camera no longer focuses and is out of service.   Debbie went into deep mourning and depression.  The group continued on to Napoleon’s tomb.  At the tomb, Debbie starts to understand that her whole concept of Napoleon and Josephine was all wrong.  She thought Josephine was buried in the tomb.  It was really his brother, Joseph.  Here is a little test of your knowledge.

• Was either married before they met? Yes, Josephine was and she was separated from her husband then he died.
• Did Napoleon and Josephine get divorced?  Yes, they did.  (What?  I thought they were the big love story!  This explain why it was Joseph buried in the tomb not Josephine)
• Why did he divorce her?  Because she could not produce an heir and Napoleon had a child with his mistress so felt it was Josephine’s fault. (Again, what???)
• Did she have any children?  Yes, two with her former husband
• Did one or more have affairs while married?  Yes, they both did.  (What? What?   Again what happened to the love affair?)
• Napoleon was Catholic.  How did he get a divorce?  The official who conducted the marriage it was not entitled to do so, the officer who witnessed Napoleon’s signature was too young, the bride reduced her age by four years to 29 and the groom gave a false address and date of birth.  (How many times, can Debbie say what?)

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Total Pass saving year to date: 60.5 Euro.  The La Cheap Girls are feeling good!

Monday was the day that everyone started the all important Paris Museum Pass. The pass gives a holder 6 consecutive days to visit any or all of the sights on the pass.  The challenge is to visit as many sites as possible to see if one can get more value than the retail cost for the pass.  Understand the challenge, now? (Yes, yes, it is supposed to be a better deal but can you optimize that deal?  74 Euro is the cost to beat)   The Cheap Girls feel up to the challenge.

After the previous days 11 mile walk, Greg and Don have dumped the others for a more relaxing day.  They left talking about walking less than 10 miles and drinking while they did it.

The others began their museum tour with a visit to the Chateau de Vincennes. The group (Debbie) was a little concerned because the pass holder just wrote the date on the ticket in ink.  It seemed like this could open up the pass to cheating.  Joyce seemed rather excited by this prospect.   History Moment:  The Château de Vincennes is a massive 14th and 17th century French royal fortress in the town of Vincennes, to the east of Paris, now a suburb of the metropolis.  (Retail cost:  8.50 Euro).  An interesting fact – on the first visit of the four to Paris in 2003; they stayed close to the Chateau and walked past it everyday at least twice.  (Note to their children – oops. )  It was interesting but not fully furnished or rebuilt.  An art exhibit was held in some of the areas that lacked restoration in order to promote more traffic.  (Maybe they should consider using the cemetery’s marketing firm).  The exhibit was confusing to ours visitors  and sometimes seemed just weird.  Debbie thought the paint was running down the buildings until Joyce explained that it is part of the art experience.  Larry really liked the property.  He kept walking the perimeter as if he was inspecting the property and told the others the could call him King Larry.  They declined.

Since Greg was not with the group for lunch, standards fell a bit.  It was gyros at a terrific price but felt that Greg would frown on the rating.  The group learned how to buy “Take Away” and secretly brought gyros home to eat  later  but didn’t share this detail with Greg.

Next stop was home  (Remember 11 miles yesterday and our office neighbors would worry if we were gone too long).  Most people fell asleep with the excuse that they were preparing for a late night.

The second stop on the museum pass that day was the Arc de Triomphe de l’Etoile. Long History Moment:  The Arc de Triomphe honors those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces. Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I.  Famous victory marches around or under the Arc have included the Germans in 1871, the French in 1919, the Germans in 1940, and the French and Allies in 1944 and 1945. (Some of us remember this from school)  After the interment of the Unknown Soldier, however, all military parades  have avoided marching through the actual arch. The route taken is up to the arch and then around its side, out of respect for the tomb and its symbolism. Both Hitler in 1940 and de Gaulle in 1944 observed this custom.

Best of all you can walk up to the top of the Arc.  (Retail value 9.50 Euro) The La Cheap Girls (They thought the La made them sound more sophisticated)  were all over it.   Little Miss Analyst (Debbie who counts steps as she walks, calculates the percentage to completion and gives herself pep talks while climbing) had researched that it was 284 steps.  Joyce felt that they could do 284.  Debbie was maybe not quite as enthused but game.  Jerry and Larry just walked away from the entrance after learning the number of steps and said that they went up last time.  The La Cheap Girls took off with Debbie shouting out the percentage left until she got too winded to talk.  They made friends with other huffing climbers and eventually made it to the top.  Victory pictures for everyone at the top taken by their new friends.  Meanwhile, Larry and Jerry watched a police action with barricaded streets, police cars and lots of action.  They were not upset at all about missing the top and excited about the police action.

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Total Museum Pass value thus far – 19 Euro.

 

 

 

 

The great thing about renting a Paris flat is that you get to live like a true Parisian. However, it sometimes has drawbacks. It is not always what you expect. We rented a two bedroom two bath flat that sleeps eight people.

The Labors of Hercules:  Getting into the flat is similar to the labors (Trials) of Hercules.   The first hurdle is to find the door from the street. There are two big double doors that are street-level but businesses surround the entry door. For example, we have a motorcycle shop next to the double doors. Once you find the door then you have to open with the code.  (We do know the code!).  We just had a problem getting out the door the first morning.  There were three people desperately pulling on every lever on the door until a resident and his son took pity on them.  (No doubt, the son had a good story to tell at school about the dumb tourists).  Once you get inside the courtyard, the next labor is to open the apartment building door unlocked by another code.   Debbie insists on counting the external circular stairs as a labor since she climbed it with a 38.5 pound suitcase.  (There are no elevators). She almost tipped over  threatening to take down three others with a domino effect.  Jerry grabbed the suitcase to change her momentum from down to up and save the tourist domino.  The final piece is to get the key inserted and open the door.  Voilà!  You are now in the apartment and your Herculean Labors are complete.

Bathrooms – The two bathrooms are not as expected.  Two bathrooms in the US would be two rooms.  Right?  The bathrooms are spread out over four rooms.  Two  rooms devoted to toilets that are claustrophobic rooms.  When you sit down on the toilets, it is possible to have one’s knees touch the door. The room containing one of the showers is located next to the downstairs toilet where the monster washer/dryer resides. The other is upstairs next to the kitchen.  The most interesting shower is the one in the corner of Jerry and Joyce’s bedroom.  (See the pictures). Everyone has declined to use that shower.  They think it is just too weird to step out of bed and directly into the shower.  The others have pointed out to Jerry and Joyce that they could save time by laying in bed while the shower warmed up and just rolling straight into the shower.  Joyce has stated that it is too much like sleeping in a bathroom.  Instead, they have converted it into an additional closet.  Debbie and Larry have asked if they can store things in the new closet instead of their bookcases/dressers.

Circular Stairs of Death –  The flat has a wonderful upstairs.  A large open room combining the kitchen, dining room and TV room.  However to reach the room, you must climb the circular stairs of death.  Debbie has taken some stunning shots of Larry and her feet as a visual point of reference (Not to be confused with a bad photographer that forgot to move her feet.)  The stairs are climbed similar to a ladder.  One holds on with both  hands climbing up with the hope that no one has tracked in any mud.  Going down, one tightly holds (hugs) the center pole in case one slips with the belief that one won’t go tumbling down the steps.  (Children of travelers, you should be packing an emergency bag in case you have to come get them when they break a leg.  The unhurt spouse has decided to continue with the trip and it would be easier if you came and got the one with the broken leg.  They may be difficult as they will be mad about going home early.)

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Although there are some differences from what we expect, the experience of living like a Parisian and the extra space is well worth it.  Oui?

 

Sunday night everyone was upstairs watching TV except Don.  Larry had managed to connect the TV to Netflix so the group was busy getting an English fix.  Suddenly and loudly, an alarm went off and kept ringing, beeping, blaring.  Don was downstairs running up and down the hall shouting to upstairs for help with the alarm.  The consensus from upstairs was that it was the building fire alarm.   The group divided into upstairs (generals) and downstairs (feet on the ground troops).

Being a good ex-corporate employee, Debbie went downstairs to get her shoes in preparation to exit the building.  She suddenly found herself enlisted as part of the ground troop.   Debbie found Don with his hands over his ears running back and forth shouting to the upstairs.   It was a lot louder downstairs but really hands on the ears, who does that?  (Debbie thinks standing on the bottom of the stairs). The generals shouted down to  check the smoke alarm downstairs.  So, Debbie and Don headed for the smoke alarm.  Debbie rounded the corner to stand directly in front of the alarm and was hit with the full force of the sound of the alarm.  She had never heard anything so loud in her life and her freaking ears were on fire.  Don grabbed the smoke alarm, tossed it to Debbie and who ran for the door like she had an un-exploded bomb ticking down to zero.   Debbie realized as she ran with the smoke detector the following:

A).  What was she going to do? Throw it in the street?   (Debbie has been watching too many action based movies)

B)  The noise had not changed location thus not it was not the smoke detector.

Debbie threw the smoke alarm on her bed, covered her ears with her hands, and started rocking back and forth.

AND THEN IT STOPPED!!!  Total time elapsed 5 minutes.

No one knew why it stopped.  The generals decided that it was not such a bad experience and thought that Debbie and Don might be exaggerating a bit.  Debbie and Don gave them the stink eye and retreated to their rooms.  This is what is commonly known as the calm before the storm.

After about 15 minutes of peaceful calm, the alarm started again in full force which caused people on the bottom floor to cover their ears and run up and down the halls again.  All of the upstairs eventually came down to investigate and Debbie is rather pleased to report that they too turned the corner into the full force of the alarm, covered their ears, and ran back down the hall. As a safety measure, front line people were issued toilet paper for their ears.  (Larry needs to work on technique as his toilet paper hung like streamers from his ears)  After consolidating all the intel (the freaking alarm blaring in the background the whole time), the following was decided:

• It was the bugler alarm in the apartment going off
• Every room was equipped with loud speakers to enhance the volume. (Who puts a loud speaker in the toilet?  No self respecting thief would hang around after that alarm went off.  They too would run for the hills hands over ears)
• The neighbors were probably going to yell at them soon.
• The most important fact – No one knew the code to turn the alarm off

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After about 15 minutes of blaring “ears on fire” noise, Joyce called the owner who didn’t have the code either.  “It just couldn’t be the bugler alarm as it was from the previous owner and not turned on.”  (Listen lady, can’t you hear it over the phone because everyone is pretty sure that the alarm can be heard at the Arc de Triomphe about a mile down the street?  You have a misconception that it is not turned on and that is why we are shouting into the phone now)  Still the alarm blares on.

AND THEN IT STOPPED AGAIN….  Total time elapsed 20 minutes of “ears on fire” blaring alarm.  The group is happy to report that not one neighbor complained, the owner brought over a remote to turn  off  the alarm, the alarm has not gone off again and Debbie thinks that she may have PTS.

 

On Sunday afternoon the group started a march through Paris.

First stop was the Pere Lachaise Cemetery.  History Moment:  Père Lachaise Cemetery was opened on 21 May 1804.  At the time of its opening, the cemetery was considered to be situated too far from the city and attracted few funerals. Consequently, the administrators devised a marketing strategy and in 1804, with great fanfare, organized the transfer of the remains of Jean de La Fontaine (French poet) and Moliere (playwright). Then, in another great spectacle in 1817, the purported remains of Peirre Abelard and Heloise d’Argenteuil (famous lovers).  By tradition, lovers or lovelorn singles leave letters at the crypt in tribute to the couple or in hope of finding true love. This strategy achieved its desired effect: people began clamoring to be buried among the famous citizens. Today there are over 1 million bodies buried there.  The group just liked the setting that overlooks Paris and some of the amazing monuments.

Second Stop –  History Moment:  Jardin Du Luxembourg was created by Marie de’ Medici the widow of King Henry IV of France for a new residence she constructed, the Luxembourg Palace. Today the garden is owned by the French Senate which meets in the Palace.   It covers 23 hectares and is known for its lawns, tree-lined promenades, flowerbeds, the model sailboats on its circular basin, and for the picturesque Medici Fountain, built in 1620.  This was the old stomping ground for Team Luxembourg.  Team Luxembourg  decided that they should have gone inside the park as they would have saved time and could have had some ice cream.  The group ate ice cream / sorbet, sat in the garden, watched sailboats and people.

Third stop – Eglise Saint  Etienne du Mont  –  History Moment:  Built in 1530, this church houses the relics of Genevieve, the patron saint of Paris.  In 451 she led a “prayer marathon”that was said to have saved Paris by diverting Attila’s Huns away from the city. When Childeric I besieged the city in 464 and conquered it, she acted as an intermediary between the city and its conqueror, collecting food and convincing Childeric to release his prisoners.  No doubt you can guess which on of the 6 suggested the church.  It is a beautiful church inside.

It is difficult to hang with some of the committed fitbitters/walkers.  At this point, Don and Greg decided to return to the flat.  Jerry, Joyce, Larry and Debbie continued to the final stop, La Defense.
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After the final stop, the group limped home with almost 11 miles walked that day.  The group hangs tough on the walking.  Cheap girls keep people walking.

Just a note:   The history moments are actually for the group so they can reference the website to determine where they have been and appear somewhat knowledgeable.   They don’t actually know all that stuff.  Debbie will be testing them later in the week about Paris.

Sunday was dedicated to awakening early enough to visit the Market Moufftard. This is a market street full of shops selling fresh produce.  While Paris has many markets, it is without doubt that rue Mouffetard is the premier market street of the city.  Guess where it is located?  Yes, rue Mouffetard translation Mouffetard Street.   People got into the shopping big time. It is an issue which has troubled the male population cheapest viagra uk when they also reach a certain age. Kamagra Tablets is prepared with sildenafil citrate, an active ingredient of generic viagra discount the medicine. Why knee fat reducing liposuction is so important? Along with the increase of age, heavy fats get deposited around the kneecaps which can never be easily removed with the help of healthy diet and regular exercises. more viagra without prescription The home remedies for cialis no prescription heartburn may prove to be dangerous if not cured properly.  There is a rumor that Greg visited every fromage shop on the street.  Debbie just knows that a large shopping bag was filled with cheese and she hasn’t seen any of it.  So Greg were you secretly eating it on the train?  Is that why you didn’t sit with us?    Larry really liked the fresh figs and several people liked  a dish that Debbie named sharwarmro – a cross between sharwarma and a  gyro.  People also visited the sausage stall not to be confused with frankfurters.  Everyone left with full bags.

The day began with a visit to Sacre Coeur Basilica de Montmartre.  It is a beautiful church at the top of the hill of Montmarte.    History Moment:  On this spot, at the beginning of the 3rd century, the first Christians of Paris with their bishop Saint Denis, the priest Saint Rusticus and the deacon Saint Eleutherius were martyred, giving the hill its name “Mount of Martyrs”.  Pilgrims from near and far have always flocked to Montmartre.  You can ride a funicular to the top or walk 270 steps to the top. Since the cheap girls were in attendance, no doubt you can guess which they did.  After everyone arrived at the top, it was discovered the funicular was part of the Metro weekly pass.  The cheap girls were able to be the better people and rise above the mean comments and looks from others.  If people want to take full advantage of the weekly Metro pass, they should just read the details now shouldn’t they?  And anyway who wants to ride something called the funicular?

After everyone was able to  breathe again without bending over, they visited the church. Debbie dragged them off to a second church.  Is there a pattern, here?  The Church of Saint Peter of Montmartre  is one of the oldest surviving churches in Paris.  It is geographically very close to Sacre Coeur Basilica.

Once the church visits were complete, it was time for the lunch search.   Several people advocated for German sausage from a street vendor but others felt it would be difficult to protect valuables and eat plus no doubt the site was not rated on Trip Adviser.   Greg was still trying to instill some standards with a trip adviser score of 4 or higher.  He was unsuccessful.  The group finally had to work with him to understand they had no intention of trotting down those 270 steps (forget the ticket) to find a better place.  They settled on Cafe Eugene. Debbie and Larry ordered a frankfurter meal thinking of the German street sausages.  They were incorrect.  For those of you to young to remember, frankfurter is another word for hot dog sausage not a sausage made in the city of Frankfurt.  (You can see how easily it could be confused).  Surprise to our diners!  Debbie and Joyce tried to pressure Greg to add a star in his review for clean bathrooms but may have been unsuccessful.  Greg does not always share his personal reviews with his followers.

Now, the group understands that the first bus excursion was somewhat unsuccessful.  Larry is till mourning his hat and makes frequent attempts to contact lost and found with plans to visit the police station in the near future in search of the hat.  (A blog to anticipate). However, they feel this may have been a fluke and were ready to attempt a ride to the bottom of the hill.  Debbie and Joyce lined everyone up at the bus stop awaiting the bus.  Debbie noticed an older man waving and clapping hands across the street.  After a full 360 turn to make sure he was not waving at someone else, Debbie decided it was her that he was trying to wave down.   It was not in a “Hey, how are you doing wave?”  but more “Hey, Hey, I need to tell you something that you are doing wrong – highlighted with clapping.”.  So Debbie grabbed Greg, the closest thing that the group has to a French interpreter as a consultant.  (Calling Greg a French interpreter might be a stretch).  Greg and Debbie were sent ahead to scout and make sure that this was not a scam.  The two finally decided that the bus where they were standing did not run anymore and they needed to move.  They actually just sort of made up what the French guy was saying but decided it was a good story.  (Sometimes, Debbie just makes up stuff but she says it is usually right.)  In a few minutes, a bus pulled up and our new guide scolded us onto the bus.  The group headed down the hill in the right direction on a bus that is running until it just stopped.  Our guide had alerted everyone on the bus that the group doesn’t really know what they are doing including the driver. (So much for sitting quietly in the back).  Everyone on the bus (speaking French only) takes us under their wing.  With much hand waving and back patting it is conveyed that the bus terminated and the metro is down the street.  This bus excursion was rated 2 stars up from 0 stars.  (We did get down the hill and made new friends).

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After crossing the bridge, they stumbled into The Petit Palais, an art museum.  It was free!  Things went well until Larry got lost in the art museum.  Larry also did not bring his phone that day.  A BOL (Be on the Lookout) was issued for him and the remaining 5 split into search teams.  Eventually, Larry was found on another floor enjoying the museum. Technically, Larry says that he was never lost and the others were.

Since the Petit Palais was free, the belief was the Grand Palais across the street would also be free. It was not.  After going through security and a full search, they decided 35 euro was too much since they didn’t know what was actually in the building.  Debbie told them it was Antique Roadshow and that they had no antiques so it would be a waste.  (Remember she makes things up – she learned to do that from her brother).

One of the advantages of staying in a Parisian flat is the use of a washer/dryer.  This means that you can take fewer clothes on your trip.  After several days in Paris, it was time for the first wash.  Joyce discovered that the unit was a combined washer/dryer.  In other words, it could both wash and dry.  Joyce and Debbie crammed it full of clothes and off it went merrily washing away.  After an hour, the clothes were washed – Check.  Most of the clothes were hung up to dry except for socks and underwear.

Joyce followed the dryer instructions – check and off to drying the machine went.  After about 40 minutes, Debbie decided to check to make sure that her underwear was not being baked and shrunk (She has been eating a lot). So Debbie pushed the stop button.  Surprisingly, the dryer took exception to this and acted like it was an attempted robbery of the crown jewels.  It went on high alert and put the underwear into lock down with full security.   The stinking dryer door would not open.  For all you troubleshooting analysts saying “Well I bet if they just did blah, blah, blah it would pop right open.” Here is what was tried:

• Saying kind words to the dryer
• Gently tugging on the door
• Not so gently tugging on the door
• Feet planted dryer dragging tugging on the door
•  Unkind words to the dryer in English
• Unkind words in other languages
• Reprogramming the cycle
•  Letting the cycle complete
• Unplugging the dryer from the wall
• Looking up the solution on the internet (Not one that worked)
• Emailing the owner –(this has never happened before and usually opens 5 minutes after it stops).

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Every person in the house consulted with each other and tried one or more of the above proposed solutions.  It was a Parisian puzzle for the house which they failed.

Debbie and Joyce were the most impacted as their underwear and socks were being held hostage and continued to dry.  Debbie was especially concerned that she would end up with Barbie size underwear. In a few hours, Jerry strolled into the bathroom to discover the hostages had been released much to Debbie and Joyce’s relief.  (The clothes were still damp).

The current solution is to start the dryer and then empty around 3 AM in the morning when the dryer is not on high alert and releases the hostages.  Luckily, Larry had a fallback solution with all the proper tools.  Debbie has now strung up a clothesline in the Eng bedroom as an alternative drying option.

As an additional note, the dryer has been reported to be working for other people and was tested by Debbie and Joyce today.  Their clothes are set to be done in 4 hours.