We had a great trip from Utah. The only problem we had was when we were paged over the intercom in the Paris airport. Ed went to the gate the announcement said to report to, and there were five or six men in suits with lapel pins. Ed was afraid that it was the French Police because they thought our powder sugar was cocaine or because we had an entire suitcase full of our vitamins, daily medications and malaria pills.
However, it was just that we had too many bags and they wanted to charge us another $400 for excess baggage. We had already paid $560 for our bags in Salt Lake and they said that we were OK with our carry-ons. However, Air France had different policies. I cried and the supervisor said, OK... you are going for a good cause so we will only charge you $200. (Thanks, Lady). Anyway, we weren't thrown in jail for smuggling drugs. The Paris airport was beautiful!
We had a nice Marriott hotel room in France and a lovely dinner that the church had prepaid for. It was so nice that we slept for hours, and decided not to try to go into Paris, but to enjoy the expensive dinner that was prepaid.
YEA! We are so glad to have your blog address from Charisse and are so thrilled for you! You are going to do wonderfully. We LOVE the pictures (as a picture is worth 1,000 words), but more love your enthusiasm and are dreaming of all the wonderful things you are going to do. We are praying for you, Elder and Sister Gates!
ReplyDeleteOh! So cute! I still can't believe sometimes that you are finally out there! You guys are doing a GREAT job blogging! I'm so glad! It makes us feel so close to you and know how things are going. I love you! When do we get to skype with you? I'm kinda having withdrawls already. :)
ReplyDeleteThat is so fun to see where you will be for the next phase in your life. I will have to say...the barbed wire along your darling patio is a bit scary...how safe is the area you are in?
ReplyDeleteHooray for hot water and indoor plumbing! Thanks for the updates, we look forward to each one!
ReplyDeleteI see a black band along your waist. Could it be "A FANNY PACK?"
ReplyDeleteWe love you and will look forward to basking in your experiences.
Seeing Mom standing there with those missionaries makes it so much more real to me. I think it's awesome that you enjoyed your nice meal in Paris and slept, instead of running around the city.
ReplyDeleteThe gal who checked you in should have done it the right way…she needed to do an excess baggage ticket. They should not have charged you 2 times…do you want me to call Delta to get some of your money back?
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