Upon landing, we made the long walk through the terminal at Charles de DeGulle and waited in the long line to clear customs.  Once through, I ordered an Uber van to take us to the hotel.  It was the first trip without car seats, though we’d just purchased inflatable boosters for all of them, and they were perfect!  About 30 minutes later, we were at our home for the week, Hotel Meininger.  It was still only late morning, so we were unable to check in.  However, the front desk stored our bags for us while we walked up and down Avenue de Saint-Mande for a bit, stopping to check out a few local shops, including one that had amazing displays of cheese that could be smelled from down the street…in a good way.  We made our first stop at a bakery for some pastries to snack on while we waited.  They were almost too pretty to eat.  The girls got sweets while I had my first croissant of the trip. 

After about two hours of hanging out in the lobby, we were able to check into our room.  It had a queen bed, and on the other side of a ¾ wall, two sets of bunk beds, which the girls loved. 

Everyone was quite tired, so we all decided to take a nap, which lasted into late afternoon.  It was already getting dark by that point, so we decided to have a “picnic” dinner.  I headed back down the street to the area we’d been before to search for the essentials for a Parisian picnic; baguette, cheese, meat, and wine.  Because it was a Sunday evening, the streets were mostly quiet, and finding everything we wanted took some time.  Luckily some shop owners helped me to find everything we wanted.  After that, we hung out in the hotel the rest of the evening and relaxed.

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