Jason and I broke away for a weekend in Paris. We had a wonderful time and it was so nice to take a break from being Mom and Dad. THANK YOU to Mary for watching the Click Clack Mafia!
We tried to keep costs down and took a coach from London to Paris. We had to get up at 4:30 to be picked up downtown at 6:30. We drove to Dover (saw the white cliffs!) and the entire bus got on the ferry. It was 1.5 hours across the English Channel and then 3 hours of French countryside to Paris. A LONG day on a bus, especially when you're surrounded by immature 19 year olds who babble for hours about nonsense. Am I already old and grumpy at 32?
Driving to the ferry
Odd flavor choice...
We had breakfast on the ferry
Pulling off
Our ferry
French Countryside
Paris!!
Marley and Me, the French version
Our river tour
Riding up the diagonal elevators.
Our 1st and best crepe. It was folded and filled with whipped cream. We were hungry and freezing... this warm piece of heaven hit the spot.
Hotel room
Jason's dinner...yumm :(
This was about midnight after getting up at 4:30, the bus, river tour, & Eiffel Tower...long day! Typical Europe, as we were leaving the restaurant was still packed and more people just sitting down for dinner.
When Jason and I went to Italy in 2000 we discovered the most perfect ice cream bar, the Chocolate Double Magnum. We've been on a quest ever since to find it again. Here's proof it was not a fantasy. Of course when we went inside they didn't have them :( The search is still alive...
Crepe #2
Self photo with the Moulin Rouge
Notre Dame
Lighting a candle to remember our Catholic grandparents
Only in Paris do they turn a regular ice cream into a beautiful rose. Yummy too.
Versailles Palace
I thought this was neat because it had so many different layers of marble.
The grounds, those little black dots are people.
This is an electric car in the Toyota store. The car of the future.
Buying at Metro ticket
Waiting for the Metro
Dinner at a Greek restaurant, complete with funny hats and dancing with the owner.
Crepe #3!
This is the subway sign. Don't they look like something out of the movie Alien?? The orange things are lights.
An arena near our hotel, ACDC was playing.
The Louve
This is an elevator in the lobby.
Hammurabi's Code
Our travel accommodations.
1 comment:
Looks like you two had a wonderful time! Thanks for sharing :)...Danny & I cannot wait to go back & see it all again. As for the Magnum ice creams, they are wonderful, we get them here in NZ,too :) take care!
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