I thought it might be helpful to frame all the rest of the blog entries about the Paris Olympics with our overall itinerary for the trip. You’ll see it was really packed and didn’t leave a lot of downtime, but we still managed to hang out at our apartment quite a bit watching other Olympics events on TV that we weren’t lucky enough to go see in person. I already mentioned in the first post that we were delayed getting to Paris and missed our first event of Water Polo, so you’ll see that plan crossed out and replaced below. We also didn’t do everything we planned. Sometimes we cancelled things if we just weren’t feeling like going or wanted to do something else. This freed up more time for us to wander around and be a little spontaneous.

Day 0 – Wednesday

12:35pm – Arrive Paris (womp womp…)

Check into AirBnb (this was ours and it was great!)

Day 1 – Thursday

10:30am – 1:30pm Water Polo at Aquatics Center in Saint-Denis

Replacement plan: noonish: Musée d’Orsay

3pm: Free walking tour of Paris booked through GuruWalk and operated by Walkative! Tours

Find Dinner

Day 2 – Friday

9:30am – 12:50pm – Rowing at the Olympic Nautical Stadium in Vaires-sur-Marne

3:00pm – 6:00pm – Men’s football (soccer) at Parc de Princes

Find Dinner

Day 3 – Saturday

8:15am – Guided small group day trip to Giverny and Versailles booked through Viator and operated by Paris City Vision

8:30pm – Dinner at Oktobre (one of only 2 dining reservations I made in advance)

Day 4 – Sunday

10am – Louvre museum (timed tickets purchased in advance)

5:00pm – 7:00pm – Beach Volleyball at Stade Tour Eiffel

Day 5 – Monday

7am – Train (TGV) to Lyon

9am – Arrive in Lyon and go sightseeing (take the funicular to the old Roman theaters)

11:30am – 3:00pm – Lyon food tour booked on Viator and operated by Secret Food Tours

4:06pm – Train to Marseille

5:45pm – Arrive in Marseille

Check into this Airbnb – also fantastic!

Day 6 – Tuesday

11:00am – 6:00pm – Sailing at Marina de Marseille

9:00pm – Women’s Football at Stade de Marseille

Day 7 – Wednesday

Morning: Uber to train station to store our bags

10:00am-12:00pm – Free walking tour of Marseille booked through GuruWalk

11:00am – 6:00pm – Sailing at Marina de Marseille

6:50pm – Train to Paris

Change of plans: 2:03pm – Train to Paris

5:22pm – Arrive in Paris

Day 8 – Thursday

7:30am – 10:30am – Marathon Swimming at Pont Alexandre III

10:30am – 2:30pm – Canoe Sprint at Vaires-sur-Marne

12pm – Lunch reservation at Chase/Visa pop-up restaurant inside Girafe

4:00pm – Tickets to see the Olympic Cauldron at the Tuileries Garden

7:12pm – Nightjet (overnight train) to Vienna

Day 9 – Friday

10:05am – Arrive Vienna

Check into Hotel (Johannesgasse Apartments) available on Airbnb

2:15pm – Free walking tour of Vienna booked through GuruWalk and operated by Red and White Tours

Day 10 – Saturday

10:45am – Tastes of Vienna food tour booked through Viator and operated by Wolfy’s Adventures

5:30pm – Taylor Swift concert 😭

Day 11 – Sunday

First thing: fly home