Arrival!

We're here! Our plane out of Newark was delayed about two hours but we made up some time and landed only an hour late. Marie was there to meet us at the airport. It was great to see her and to have someone who speaks the language and knows where we are. We found our apartment - it's right by the Metro stop - and showered cleaned up. It's so wonderful to feel clean...24 hours of traveling do bad things to make up. The apartment is awesome - it's beautiful!
We're heading to the market and to a cafe for lunch. We're planning to take a boat ride on the Seine this afternoon and then head over to a jazz concert that's put on by a friend of Marie's, and then it's early to bed. I'm going on about 2 hours of sleep and am looking forward to being horizontal. But, we're going to take advantage of every opportunity while we're here. We can sleep at home.
Gotta run - lots to do - which I've been told is a very American way of life and that the French don't rush at all. Should be interesting.