Written 10/13/15 – As I am writing this I am in Normandy. I have been in Normandy for about a week. We have been exploring the area for about five days because we are lazy and take breaks. In this…
A Little Piece of Paradise
I wanted to share a few pictures of the countryside of Normandy, France. Normandy is a peninsula populated by farms (mostly dairy). The old farmhouses, stone fences, rolling landscape, and beaches make a spectacular backdrop for our stay. These final pictures are…
Sainte-Mère-Église and Utah Beach
My posts will be quite different from Andrew’s — mainly photos and not so eloquent. 🙂 Our first outing in Normandy was Sainte-Mère-Église and Utah Beach. Grammy and Pa have rejoined our trip. They finished a 4 week tour of…
Paris – The M’O, Montmatre, and Marais
With 4 weeks in Paris, we feel like we saw enough to fill 40 posts. We did try to manage our time and our energy by taking every 6th or 7th day off to rest, but the sites of Paris…
Happy Birthday To Me, Happy Birthday To Me (by Anna)
We went to Disneyland Paris for my birthday!! In Paris they have Sleeping Beauty’s castle instead of Cinderella’s. The main roller coasters were Space Mountain 2 and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. We also did Buzz Light Year, which is a laser-shooter-thing. The…
Paris – Highs and Lows
As with any place that millions of people visit every year, you can expect to wait in line at most attractions in Paris. Even in the lower season, this has been the case. To try to improve our odds of…
Paris – Settling in and Notre Dame
This post is a little belated. Not so much because we have been busy (we have!), but purely because I do not know where to start. We have seen and learned so many things here, that I don’t know what…
The Eiffel Tower (by Caleb)
9/13/15 – As I am writing this I have been in Paris for about a week, and we have been to many great places. Today I am going to talk about the Eiffel Tower. Getting to the top is a…
Ahead of Schedule
Well, we thought it would take longer, but we can already mark two items off of our RTW scavenger hunt: Public Urination and Govt Shakedown. We were told to keep a watchful eye out for both, but we honestly thought…
A Long Day in Paris (by Anna)
9/9/15 – Wednesday everyone slept in, including Grammy and Pa who got in that morning. In the afternoon we went on a walk to Notre Dame. In Notre Dame it showed the story of the birth of Christ in stone…