Day 21 - Sunday August 5th

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Arrive at Southampton
 Train to  Paris

staying at Hotel Oden Saint Germain.

 https://hotelparisodeonsaintgermain.com/en/

We were off the cruise at 8:30, with not much to do. After we got our bearings we started to walk into town, which wasn't actually too far.  We were able to find the hotel Dolphin we had stayed at --there was a small courtyard there, so we sat in the shade and used their wifi for awhile. Lol. Then we made our way to the tapas restaurant we had been to before. We had a leisurely snack then got an Uber to the airport!  We were plenty early and Robert found the outside bar for a few beers and a few smokes...the plane was 20 minutes late or so but the flight was only 55 minutes! 

Once we landed we had to take a shuttle bus to the terminal lol. It's huge!!  Once we found our baggage, I needed a bathroom break....20 minutes of standing in line later!  Robert was ready to send out a search party. We found information, and ultimately bought train tickets to get to Paris!  With one transfer we made it!

As usual we had a bit of a walkabout trying to find our hotel, but it's cute!  We are on the third floor...all small winding stairs to get there. Poor Robert carried up the luggage!!  It was 9 am by the time we were all settled.

We found a little square to have a bite to eat, and a glass of good stuff!!! 

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