I headed back to LAX and this time

I was boarding a plane to ... 

1 minute Johnny Jet Video of Plane Spotting at LAX

Check out the video I made from In N Out Burger at LAX.

I was only in L.A. for a short stay. I had just enough time to show my Connecticut friends around

Play in the LMU Alumni Lacrosse game --the rookies had to "shoot the boot" (drink out of a shoe)

and go to In N Out burger to watch planes land 

I flew back to California on American, so I got to check out their new JFK terminal. The 2.2 million square-foot, $1.2 billion facility recently opened.  

From Maroon, Georgette (my sister) and I hopped in a cab to Grand Central Terminal, then took a Metro-North train to Connecticut. I spent the weekend there visiting family and friends, before flying back to L.A.  

From JFK I took a taxi into the city

I met my sister Georgette and her travel friends from Martinique

We had a delicious Southern/Jamaican dinner at Maroon on W 16th St

the Red Velvet Cake was to die for (well, maybe not "die," but you know what I mean). ||
 

I had a 3 hour layover in Dublin (just hung out at the airport)

I flew to New York on Aer Lingus (Via Shannon)

What's cool is that passengers clear U.S. customs in Ireland! 

I took Ryanair which is similar to Soutwest Airlines, except Ryanair nickels and dimes passengers (for extra luggage, drinks...) 

I took the train back to Paris to have dinner with some friends and

Flew back to the U.S. (via Dublin) out of Paris' alternate and remote Beauvais Airport which is is 80 km (50 miles) north/northwest of Paris in farm country. ||
 

In the morning we rode our bikes to the bakery to get the

the best bread

We rode by salt marshes

vineyards

and our rental house 

Like everyone else -- we rode bikes all over the island

We went to the beach and checked out the old WWII German Bunkers

At night the newlyweds

Danced  

To get to il de Re I took a bus over this 1.8 mile long bridge

I went to go see my friend Andy and his new bride (Rebecca)

My friend (from College) JT was also there ||  

I was off to the beautiful island named l'ile de R� (translated means the island of R�). I departed from Paris' Gare Montparnasse.

To get to l'ile de R� from Paris I took a TGV (Train � Grande Vitesse - translated into English means high speed train) to La Rochelle.

The train to La Rochelle took only two hours and forty nine minutes (2:49) as it traveled up to speeds of 186 mph.

La Rochelle looked beautiful but I was only there to jump on

the "Re Bus" 

We arrived at Paris� Gare St. Lazare

Took the Metro to

My hotel (a hostel--more in the newsletter)

Went to dinner at Le Train Bleu Restaurant

Which has an amazing interior and it's conveniently located in Gare de Lyon 

Toured Cherbourg for a couple hours before

hopping on a train to

Paris! 

We arrived in Cherbourg, France (a cute port town) ||