Viva Le Europe

So this is what really happened. Jain has got all philosophical lately, but here is the scoop. Our discussions at home have been about living abroad for extended periods instead of spending so much money traveling and airport layovers. We have in many previous trips talked with travelers that live in the U.K. or other European countries and they seem to spend so much less time and money traveling than we do. Two hundred Euros can get them to the same place that costs us $2,200 USD. So we have been looking for other affordable countries that we can visit while we are in continent. Spain, Greece, Italy are all within just a few hours of where we are staying in France and transportation costs are relatively inexpensive. So it remains undecided but with a few changes in our planning and preparations we could possibly be gone from home for three months. Cancelling the air reservations for our trip to Greece in May would certainly offset the cost of staying in Europe for the month of April. We shall see.

Jain didn't mention that we are sitting in the first cabin on the flight from Salt Lake to Paris, largely due to the number of miles that I flew while working for the software company and my "Elite Plus" status with Delta. We have been upgraded for no additional cost as the economy section of the flight was oversold and very few of the $10,000 seats were sold. The upgrade rules clearly state that our original seats are not eligible for upgrades on international flights, but we have been exceptionally lucky with this kind of upgrades. I will leave it to Jain to tell you how much she is becoming accustomed to the front of the airplane. For now, I am going to hit the switch that converts my seat to a flat bed.

Good Night. See you again tomorrow.

Jay