France
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Funny photos
In addition to seeing the sights and soaking in culture, we have had some funny moments along the way. I want to share some of those moments here.
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Inspiration of artists – Montmartre
Our last day in Paris, we took a guided tour of Montmartre, ending at the Basilique du Sacré Coeur. More about the tour in a minute. First, we had to get our luggage to the train station to store it before the tour. Our AirBnB checkout was 11:00, tour started at 10:30, and our train…
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Versailles, Paris by night and delicious touristy food
Our plan for day three in Paris was for a visit to Versailles and a night time bus tour. I had trouble staying asleep last night so I was really dragging during Versailles. Had to nap before our Paris Christmas lights tour on an open air bus. Big takeaways from Versailles – the sheer narcissistic…
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Plan well, then ditch the plan
When planning to visit a place like Paris for the first time, everyone has their “must see” wish list. One of those was Le Musee de Louvre. We reserved our time well in advance for 9:30 a.m. on our preferred day, which was today. It was inspiring and a bit spine-tingling to see in person…
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First tastes of Paris
We arrived this morning and our very first thing after we dropped off our bags was to have a French breakfast of croissant, café and fresh pressed orange juice. Sooo good. Then we stopped at a patisserie for macarons. The best I’ve ever had. The melt in your mouth goodness, a perfect blend of sweet…
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