Rested, but ready?

After a day in Paris, it is time to get to Africa.

I expect a huge contrast from France to CAR, and I think that's a
tragedy. People in CAR may speak French (if trained)... but can
certainly not eat French or spend French.

I ate a meal and wrote in my journal for several hours today, at the
foot of the Eiffel Tower. Thus the pics are coming!

I really wanted to get rested and acclimated to the time zone on this
side of the Atlantic. France is just one hour different from the CAR.
So glad j was able to sleep all night last night, almost 12 hours.
That's after 2.5 days of no sleep, so I truly needed it...

Loved the challenge of finding my way around Paris by myself today. I
enjoy learning my way around a foreign city and picking up a little
bit of the language and culture from my own perspective.

I finally had real French coffee, and it was pretty good. Now let's
see if it will keep me awake too long tonight...

Flight leaves at 10:50 France time, and arrives in Bangui at 5am or
something. Very eager to meet the rest of our team, so I should end
this blog and go find them!

Au Revoir! (oh-vwah)

Sincerely,
Gary