American Traveler

We’ll always have the stopover and plane change in Dublin… coming and going. We’ll always have the budget hotel room… for better or worse. You see what i’m getting at?

It was the Aer Lingus ad in the Times that first got me started thinking about booking a trip to Paris in May for Lauren’s birthday. The price was right. Of course the price was right because the itinerary wasn’t quite right. or wasn’t quite expeditious. And, I neglected to inform Lauren about the stopover when i sprung the news on her. “Honey, I’m taking you to Paris. oh and by the way… mumblemumblemumble.”

“What? We’re going to Ireland too? What part?”

“Just the inside of the airport.”

It was at that point that i decided it might be prudent to open the hotel-selection process to Lauren. However that turns out we can blame it on film maker Albert Maysles. Why? How? More to come…