We were up and ready to go at the appointed time of 10am. Our luggage has grown! If any of our Rick 
Steves travel buddies see this photo they will laugh. We used great restraint in "shopping" until we finished the tour but we did have in mind several things we wanted from Southern France, so these things were planned. Note the bright blue RS bag and how well it expands. I believe they secretly call this the "Don't Tell Rick" bag.
Our shuttle was due to arrive at 10:30am but when it was close to 11am we had the staff call for us. Apparently, there was an accident on the freeway and the shuttle was stuck 
in traffic. Thankfully the staff called us a taxi and we made it to CDG airport in no time at all. We checked in and began our wait. All our flights were on time so that was a blessing for us. Incidentally, our Aer Lingus flight from Paris to Dublin did not even offer a drink free of charge. A soda was E$3. water E$2.50. We were glad we made a sandwich and had our water bottles filled. Our layover in Dublin was just long enough to spend the last of the Euros we had and off we went. To our surprise we were served a meal, snack, and beverage on this Aer Lingus flight! We had the treat of having our own personal TV/Movie screen and a large array of things to watch. We flew on a lovely 330 Airbus and wondered how this amazing and huge plane could just fall from the sky? Maybe we should wonder how it stays up there at all? What a tragic event that was for so many. I feel we had an overdose of information on that loss since the only channel we could receive in English in Paris was CNN. Anyway, we are back to the US safe and sound, thankful for that. We are wondering how we will adjust to the time difference. They told us here at the hotel that many flights were canceled out of LGA (LaGuardia) today due to storms and such across the country but weather is supposed to clear, so we hope it does.
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