I arrived. What a wonderful flight on Air France! They have an amazing business and very savvy! I finally slept a few hours after a busy end of the semester. Greatly needed!!

The Hotel is waiting for our group with excitement. Estelle, the GM is so happy to greet us once again. Mayra Bello arrived today and we took a walk to the Malakoff Marche to buy fruit and take in the local activities. There was a vender selling nougat from Provence. He gave us a taste of a wonderful honey and pistachio nougat. Wonderful! I bought a Pate de Bourgogne, ahead cheese topped with parsley, as well as a petite quiche Lorraine. Both for dinner.

The French Open has a match today which I plan to watch from the big screen at the Hotel de Ville in center city. It is a Hot day today, 35 degrees Celsius. No rain for the moment. Sunshine and humid.

The photo is from Luxembourg Gardens.

I look forward to meeting up with Professor Lorenzini and the whole group on Saturday at CDG.