On the plane home!

We are about to board the plane - coming home!!!!

An enjoyable evening in Paris

We had a great day, but wanted to enjoy sitting in a cafe for a few hours. That did not happen, but we did find this great cafe to grab a quick bite to eat.

It's been raining off and in today. We signed up for a 7pm bike tour - rain or shine.

After biking 10 miles and being with our group for 4.5 hrs, we started the ride home on the metros....the green line to the yellow line to the blue line. The airport is super quiet at 1am. Now we just need to grab a taxi back to the hotel.

Oh man! We've just experienced a rude French man (taxi driver) and a very pleasant French man (a fellow passenger). But we are safe back at the hotel. Travel home begins in a few hours (6hrs we should be leaving into the shuttle.

A day in Paris

We slept at least 6 hrs on the 8.5 hr flight. We ate airplane breakfast and Heather enjoyed the last mango!

It took us a while to figure out where the hotel shuttle was, but we found it.

We bought a one day transportation ticket (subways and trains) within the 5 zones of Paris. Here's Kim in Montmarte:

We ate lunch on a park bench:

On our way to Sacre Heart:

We are starting to learn about the transportation system ... after making a few mistakes.

Next stop visiting Notre dame:

Next stop Eiffel Tower:

We are currently on the second floor of the Eiffel Tower waiting in line for the lift to the top! Two ladies who do NOT like heights - we are challenging ourselves.

We did it! We made it to the top!!

Hello Paris!

We landed in Paris at 6am. It took us over 45 minutes to figure out where to pick up the hotel shuttle. That included 2 phone calls and 2 stops at the information desk.

We just arrived at the hotel at 8am!

Good bye India - until next time!

We had a wonderful project report out with many participants. We are so proud of our team - they did a fantastic job telling their story.

We (Nicole, Kim, Heather) were showered with thank you gifts!  Saree scarfs :)

Our team with their Kaizen certificates.

Our wonderful Medtronic team:

Heather, Sonal, Ananth, Nicole, Kim

We love mangoes, so they gave us each a box! Yummy!!!

We are at the airport - off the Paris!

We are exhausted! Only 6 hours of sleep last night. It's 12:05am on Tuesday. Our 9 hr flight takes off in 20 minutes. Good night!!

Sat and Sun

We worked all day Saturday. We were invited to Dr. Nishi's home for dinner. We ate fresh mangos and danced!!

Sunday morning we slept in and then got picked up at 10am. We went to two historical sites, lunch and the shopping. My head is spinning!  We are just sitting down to dinner now at 8:51pm.

Friday 16 May

The team enjoying mid morning Tea breaks. It's preferred everyone participates together.

The team working on the scheduling template.

Dr. Nishi is excited to see the audio all capacity and signs off with her approval.

We took a 10 minute break to sit in the sunshine - the first time we soaked up the sunshine all week.

When we were walking in the hospital  

parking lot tonight, we saw this monkey wearing a leash tied to a tea.

We ventured out by ourselves tonight we walked outside.

Thursday 15 May

Here's to a yummy breakfast!

Kim is hard at work typing lots of notes.

Enjoying a juice box - ummm!

Lunch: tomato soup, an Indian dish, and Pizza Hut pizza.

Afternoon tea with the doctors:

Celebrating a team member's birthday:

Our late night work night...implementing improvement ideas and walking the process.