Paris and London?

It is for beginners! - assured me one advanced traveler celebrating Christmas in Bahrain.
Anyway, China required a visa and we didn't have time to wait for it. Argentina looked very attractive, but it is really a big country and I was not sure if we can do it in only 10 days. That left us with a stable choice for beginners.
We left January 7, with bad weather on the East Coast, we spent three hours in the airport until it was clear that we would not be able to make the connection. After 5 minutes on hold we were re-routed through Detroit on NWA. Ironically, when I booked the trip I tried to avoid NWA and I was right. The plane was full, with at least 4 babies crying from time to time. In any case we arrived in Paris almost at the same time as planned.