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