Flight, and first days here

 Peter found a public piano at the airport in Montreal.

These leaning buildings remind me of one of my favorite movies, Idiocracy.

Peter and I flew to Paris through Montreal. The lady that sat next to us on the flight to Montreal was a few years younger than me, and we chatted a bit. She's "english" in the sense that she speaks french, but feels more comfortable speaking English in Montreal, which makes her a second-class citizen, according to her. She'd like to leave except that her kids and parents are in Montreal. She said that she begs her now adult kids to leave Quebec, says there's no opportunities there, few jobs, lots of regulations and paperwork. 

Arrived in Paris (was not able to sleep on the plane, we arrived just before 7 am), and took a pre-arranged taxi to the hotel. I had planned to pay extra to get into our room ahead of time, but unfortunately everything was completely occupied, so we had to wait till 1 pm. Ugh, that was tough. We did go ahead and do the breakfast buffet. It was reasonable. Peter, at first, was really energized, and wanted to walk into town and see the sights. We walked around a bit, saw the neighorhood (it felt a little bit like our neighborhood in Geneva) and then waited around in the hotel lobby till we could get in our room, where we took a LONG nap. 
This morning (Monday) our rented bikes are supposed to be delivered right to the hotel. We'll probably bring them into the room, just because I don't trust the parking garage to be safe. It'll be a hassle getting them into the room, though, since the elevator is tiny. 
The room is fine, very basic (it is, after all, an Ibis Budget hotel). No real complaints, though. I will definitely get a place that's much closer to the center of things when we stay in Paris on the way back, though. But this hotel is very close to the bike path. We already went and took a look at it, saw a few VERY fast bikers on what are basically those electric mopeds, no pedal action required. 

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