We finally made it to our final destination with our short drive into Paris. The drive to the outskirts of Paris was easy but the apartment we rented was in the middle of city that's popular with tourists and our apartment was on a pedestrian only street. The keys were a few blocks away also in a similar location. Even after studying the Google Street views of the two stops I wasn't sure of our strategy of getting the keys or unloading the car.
Driving in the city was a challenge with all the scooters and pedestrians and unfamiliar road sign symbols. For the keys I was going to drop off crista, and circle the block while she got the keys. When we navigated to the narrow one way street to the key pickup we lucked out as the next door building was under construction with a dumpster already partially in the street so I tucked in behind it.
After getting the keys the plan was to circle the streets around the apartment and be prepared to double Park a block away and dump off the luggage and kids and Crista if necessary. As we circled our neighborhood I spotted an underground parking lot. Based on the tight turns going down and the parking spots the lot was designed for very small cars but we were able to park without scratching the car.
We walked about two blocks to our apartment. We had all of our luggage with a few grocery bags with food and water and household items we had accumulated over the last few weeks. Once we found our apartment it was another 4 flights of stairs but we made it. The boys were good sherpas.
Afterwards we drove to the local Hertz office to return the car. We drove over 2500 miles across Germany, Belgium and France, averaged 35 mpg and had numerous picnics from the tailgate. We ate over twenty baguettes, had 4 wheels of Camembert cheese, many packages of ham and salami, and over a pound of butter. The Hertz car detailer will have lots of crumbs to vacuum.
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