On the road and off the record

This tab is dedicated to Smokey, but unlike other trips across the pond where she copiously chronicled her journey,  her schedule is tight and she has resorted to frequent snippets and pictures.  I have collected many of them and will post them here.  So this will be Burntkapama's version of Smokey's trip thus far..

 And so it begins with the suitcase.......

So the plan was to take the train from SD to LAX,  and catch the evening flight to Paris.  This is not a problem except when it goes off the rails from the start.  Yup Smokey missed her train.   This is when reality hits you like a ton of bricks "I live in Southern California,  where traffic has a mind of its own".   So she recruits a dear friend to fight the traffic northward and drive her the LAX.  I think the skies opened up for Smokey that afternoon,  because she got there with 2 hrs to spare!   I have been stuck in that traffic morass they call the orange crush and it is butal,  how she evaded it is a mystery. 

She arrives in Paris then I get these

  

 

To quote Smokey
"What's with all the friend potatoes, burgers and pasta joints here?  Its like the midwest F'd Paris and gave the French hamburgeritis! "


More pics and musings from outside Paris: