16 May - Bietigheim to Paris

The first leg of our trip is from Bietigheim to Stuttgart, 20 minutes by train

At the Stuttgart station, ready to board the ICE train for Paris

A little village along the way

This is where your green vegetables come from

Sheep. getting their fill of lush green grass

Mustard fields

Rüdiger Vogler, German film actor lives in Stuttgart and Paris

First Class suits me fine.

This will be Maggie's first trip to Paris

Pasta Bolognese, Italian being the proper choice on a German train bound for France

We have cossed the border into France at Strasbourg

The ICE train travel a maximum speed of 320 km/h or almost 200 miles per hour

My airplane socks are perfect for a train ride

Just arrived at the train station in Paris

Going for a short walk near our hotel



Our first ride on the Paris Metro from Bonne Nouvelle where our hotel is, getting off at Opera


French Pastries

By late afternoon, most of the pastries have been sold


BNP Paribas is an international bank with headquarters in Paris

One man, two dogs and a bird, living in the street