Back to work!

Back to work! 

I felt quit okay this morning when I went out of bed, was quit excited to go to work aswell. At work the fellow workers shook hands with me and said, "Happy New Year." Does me good. I had to get used to the work again though, but that didn't last long. I got excited and just did a bit to much, I felt good, so there I went. I really have to take more care of myself, cause after lunch the pressure on my chest started again. It worried me, and the worrying makes it worse. In the afternoon the pressure went of and on, I wish I knew what it was, or what I have. It can't be my thyroid, cause the blood results were good, perfect actually as the Doctor said.

Though it feels like it's my thyroid, out of breath, pressure on my chest. Just so now and then heart beating, I don't know. Can it be that I'm still tired of the trip to Paris and that I didn't take enough rest? Cause it sure was a sitting still vacation, I don't know. I will take my complete rest during the weekend, and then we will see how I feel. I was quit busy at work aswell, just did a bit to much. I need more rest, perhaps I sleep not enough during the night, some say I need seven hours of sleep. I sometimes sure don't make that. Eat healthy, hmm, yes and sometimes no. That all is a good thing to start with in this new year... I'm ready!

Trip to Paris - Day 2.

After a much better sleep then the night before I woke up at 7:00 am, I didn't get up, just layed a bit, slowly waking up. At 8:00 am it was really time to get up, it's going to be a long day for sure. I had to get used to the bed last night, first I had a thin blanket on my bed, I thought it wasn't enough. Cause at home I  have at least 2 blankets and a thin sprey. I had two beds in my room, that means I had two blankets aswell. I grabbed the second blanket and covered myself, ah, nice and warm. I woke up at 1:30 am with a pressure on my chest and sweating, the two blankets were way to much. One blanket of, and oh what a relief. One blanket will do.  At 8:30 am I went four floors down for my breakfast, breakfast was simple and plane just as my room. Just the things you need and nothing extra, there wasn't even a waitress who would stop me and asked me for my room number first. 

A look at my desk and TV in my hotel room, I didn't watch much TV though, there wasn't much on. And our schedules were busy, so sometimes we didn't even have time to watch TV.

I just could walk straight in, grab some food, sit down and eat. I wasn't that hungry though, my stomach was a bit upset. Maybe because of the many blankets I had on last night, or maybe that I held in my bathroom visit a bit to long yesterday, I don't know. The half of our passengers were already leaving for their first 'activity' today, they are going to Disneyland Paris! I didn't feel much for Disneyland, so I skipped this activity. I could choose between a historical city walk or Disneyland when I booked this excursion trip, I choosed the city walk. I can't actually wait to see the centre of Paris, with all the sight seeings. After my breakfast I grabbed quick some croissants and some fruit for today's lunch and went to my room, the waitress didn't notice I.. ermm, I stole(?) some food for lunch. After a little rest I went down again at 10:00, cause at 10:30 we will head of for the historical city walk. 

"Good morning day 2!"

Before everyone got in the bus they had to pay for the extra 'activities' during this vacation, yeah it's gonna be a full program. I payed as usual for extra activity, it's never that much extra to pay. Only the extra dinners what our bus driver took care of were chancelled, our hotel didn't do dinners, only breakfast. So, our bus driver arranged that we could have dinner some where else during the five days, but that's been chancelled too,sigh. Now I will have to look for decent, healty, cheap dinner for myself, though that shouldn't be a problem, only the language will be be a bit. "I can't speak French, I don't understand French." Alright on with the bus tour, we took of at the right time to the centre Paris. Already in the bus I saw many sightseeings, I just wanted to get out and see them closer and take pictures. That feeling became only more. 

To bad, I didn't even met this huge monument in real, I only saw it several times when I was in our bus. There's almost no way the bus could stop here.

When we stopped at Alexander Plaza some passengers got of the bus to have fun on their own, exploring the centre of Paris. Me and the rest of the passengers stayed in the bus for another activity, 'the historical city walk.' I had doubts, I was thinking, 'Shall I get out? Or should I just stay in the bus?' I too wanted to go out and explore the centre, lol. But, the bus took of again and stopped miles further, there was our guide for the historical city walk. I didn't want the tour, but either way the tour began. The guide introduced herself and told us where we go and what we all will see. Well, I didn't like it, the guide told us that we will not go where it's busy or where the sightseeings were. We will go to secret hidden treasures of Paris, old historical buildings, sigh! While we were on our way with the tour, I thought of sneaking out, and that's what I did after five minutes walking. 

The beauty of Paris!

I felt relieved, but bad aswell that I sneaked out. I knew where to walk to, the river Seine, that's where the bus stayed beside while driving. It was easy to find. I really had a great time while exploring, the whole afternoon I saw so many things, and I took many pictures. Paris is great only you have to find the right spots, though once you know the spots it's easy, everything is almost walking distance. Though it was all great, I had a worried feeling aswel, cause every passenger has to be back at 6:45 pm at a certain meeting point. It's where the bus stopped for the first time, the spot where I actually wanted to go out of the bus. I knew that spot but I wasn't that sure. Though I had a idea where it was, one thing I knew sure was that it was beside the river Seine. And that's easy to find. After 6:35 pm the bus driver will take us to a little harbor for a boat trip. The 'city light boat tour.'

The Eiffel towe, the sun went down, it was time for food.

It was 5:00 pm and I decided to have dinner, I knew already where to go. I saw a nice little brasserie/restaurant earlier somewhere in a park near the Louvre musea, I was tired and felt my legs hurting a bit. I was still a bit concerned about finding the bus's meeting point, I knew where to go but still wasn't certain. I found the brasserie/restaurant and ordered risotto with asparagus, and a little salad beside it. It looked a bit weird but it tasted okay, the service there was fast and polite. I had a coffee there too, such a small cup and the price, lol. 2, 99 Euro! After my dinner I decided to search for the bus's meeting point, the nerves began. I walked towards the river Seine, and I went to the spot where I almost certain was that the bus would pick us up there. I walked back and forth between spot where I almost certain was where the bus would meet us, while doing that I looked to the people's faces who passed me. 

I think I had my best dinner on the second day of this trip, risotto with aspergus.

They might look formaliar to our passengers, now that would be a relief. But, it was dark already, so that was not that easy. I was already thinking how to get back to the hotel without our bus, yeah I was almost lost. I just couldn't find the right meeting spot. With the subway is nothing for me, I have to switch many times then I think, that will be such a puzzle, so no! Bus? Same thing! Taxi? Yes, sure, a taxi will bring me right away to the hotel, but, for ho much money? But it would be my only solution if I miss the bus. After walking and searching for more then a hour beside the river Seine and between the 'certain' spots, I just choosed one spot and that's where I will stay, I thought. "It just has to be here." I thought, but no bus, and no formaliar faces. I was lost! I was about to give up and take a taxi! Though I had a note with all the activities for the next three days on it, I looked for the activity 'city light boat tour.' 

Many bridges over the river Seine.

I saw it and saw aswell where our meeting point is where we will leave to go to the little harbor for the 'boat tour.' I had to go to 'Cource de la Reine,' that's our meeting point, that's where I have to go. I looked around and saw right away a sign with the name 'Cource de la Reine.' Just my luck! But still no bus, and no formaliar faces. While walking back and forth for the last few hours I saw aswell a amount of busses across the street, I looked several times to the busses but never saw our bus. Then I thought, "When our bus is gonna pick us up, it might aswell that the bus driver is still on his way. The place where all those busses were was actually Cource de la Reine, our meeting point. I decided to go there and have a closer look. I thought, "I will wait for the bus there and if it doesn't show up, well, bad luck, then there's always the taxi, sigh! 

The area just aside the Louvre musea.

As I was walking and nearly arrived, I saw all of a sudden the half of our passengers, lol. I was so happy, what a relief. Some of the passengers asked what happened with me, lol. All of us waited for our bus driver, he was 30 minutes late when he showed up. Finally we took of for the 'Boat tour,' the boat was huge. I think more then 200 people could fit on this boat, the upper deck was closed, to cold I guess. Though we could still sit inside or outside, it wasn't even cold on the boat. I stood outside and tried to take pictures, but my camera felt retarded with no flash, though I tried and some pictures came out quit good. The boat tour lasted for a little 75 minutes. After the boat tour there was the 'Bus, city tour,' this time we could stay in the bus, nice and warm. This day was long, tomorrow we have New Years, that might take even longer. 

On the boat I took this picture, pretty good I think, with a camera with no flash.

The excursion trip is going okay so far, our activity program is a bit messed up now. That's not the bus driver's fault though, just circumstances. Organized dinners for the next three days aren't going trough, sometimes not being on time for activities, cause of the crazy traffic here. Even though all that, we all try to make the best of it. I'm actually not feeling that well this day, don't know what's going on. A pressure on my chest and a hurting stomach still, though it comes and goes. And the hurting mostly comes after dinner, just a bit concerned here, I should stop that. Easier said then done, lol. Time will tell, ort better time will heal hopefully.