Pre Flight-Drinks!
27 мая 2024 г., Канада ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Arrived safe and sound at our first stay
28 мая 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Seine walk and Musée d’Orsay
28 мая 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Jet lag is a mindset!!! (Kidding, we are very tired but powered through). Such an exciting day getting to share my favourite museum and restaurant in Paris with Thomas. ❤️ A highlight for us todayЧитать далее
ПутешественникWow. Great first day. Big Pizzas! We've often had leftovers when ordering a meal too. Enjoy Paris
Descending to the Land of the Dead
29 мая 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
This morning we took the metro south and did a tour through the French ossuary AKA the Catacombs. Learned about the underground limestone quarries, and the history of the millions of dead that liveЧитать далее
ПутешественникWhat did Thomas think? I’m still hoping to see it one day.
Eiffel Tower afternoon and French dinner
29 мая 2024 г., Франция ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
After a needed nap and some errand running to fix our blunder of bringing the wrong adapter (oops!), we went to the Eiffel Tower in the authentic Parisian gloom and rain…
We ate a lovely FrenchЧитать далее
ПутешественникOh no! The wrong adapter in a home with all the adapters! Guess we should have checked!
ПутешественникSo much fun. Pictures look like a million stories are coming home….
ПутешественникThe way it should be, haha! We brought the adapter for the UK that we used last summer…
Montmartre and Sacré-Cœur morning
30 мая 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Got to share one of my favourite places in Paris with Thomas this morning! Stopped at a fromagerie and a few other stores for a yummy lunch at home.
ПутешественникCertainly getting our steps in! Thomas’s phone keeps telling him he’s surpassing his heart points for the day…😂
Centre national d'art et de culture Geor
30 мая 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Modern art museum one minute from our Air BnB in the 4th arrondissement, near Les Halles. Neither Thomas nor I took a picture of the outside of the building, but it is worth looking up to see itsЧитать далее
ПутешественникWas there a room with just bay leaves? Hay bales? Fish netting…..
Waltz outside the Louvre
31 мая 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
On our way to Versailles this afternoon, but took a detour to walk through the Louvre Gardens on the way to our train station to see the "second most extravagant building in France". So many littleЧитать далее
Tour - Private Apartments in Versailles
31 мая 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Here we got to visit the private apartments of the King (Louis 14, 15, 16) before Louis Phillipe turned the Chateau of Versailles into a museum.
ПутешественникApparently Louis the 16th was really into studying geography in that room, hence the atlases
Walk through Chateau of Versailles
31 мая 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
The rooms with marble covering the walls and painted ceilings were very typical of Louis the 14th before Louis the 15th changed to a more white wall aesthetic.
Gardens in Versailles and Petit Trianon
31 мая 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Some pictures I missed from Thomas’s phone of in the chateau as well. Swipe to the end to see a surprise guest appearance!
Excellent photos. Brought back memories for me. You’ll love Rome. Hope it’s warmer than Paris. [Sharon a]
Out with friends in Paris
31 мая 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Lyon bike tour
1 июня 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Thomas bought a new leather belt! Our lovely guide Bruno took us around all the must sees in Lyon and organized a little wine and cheese tasting. We saw the Basilica of Notre Dame of Fourvière andЧитать далее
ПутешественникThe hair nets were a fashion statement to be sure, but we were wearing communal helmets, so a good precaution
Taylor Swift Eras Tour!!
2 июня 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
What a PERFORMANCE
Boys Night Out in Lyon!
2 июня 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
While the ladies went off to see Taylor Swift, Dad and I went for a delicious dinner in the culinary capital of France. We started at a bar recommended by our Parisian friends with a great view of theЧитать далее
Old village in Lyon
3 июня 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
We got to see silk worms hard at work! You can see a medieval open sewer in one of the photos with a plaque. Found a new sign I need in my French classroom…
Bonus pictures from our Lyon walk
3 июня 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Arrival to Rome and Colosseum
3 июня 2024 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Bongiorno !
Wow… is the colosseum ever colossal… HUGE. Could apparently accommodate 50 000 to 80 000 people. I attached my notes from the tour at the end.
ПутешественникI forgot to mention in the notes that the ground that you see in the center is where they would keep the animals. Like a kennel (not much space at all). There was a floor over it that was the arena. You can see a small replica at the one side. It was covered in sand because a) it had more grip and b) it absorbed the blood well so was easy to clean. They would have slaves with bowls at the ready to collect parts of the animals that were severed and throw them out into the crowds. Imagine an elephant foot or a lion leg being thrown up towards you!!!
ПутешественникGlad to see you found the 🌞. Interesting to see the inner workings of the Colosseum
Roman Forum
4 июня 2024 г., Италия ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
After the Colosseum, our lovely tour guide brought us up Palatine Hill to see the remains of the Emperor’s mansion which, miraculously, had integrated plumbing!? We then walked down the hill andЧитать далее
Foodie afternoon!
4 июня 2024 г., Италия ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
After the colosseum we were talked into the most delicious meat and cheese board at the local butcher to help us decide what kind of groceries we wanted to buy, and after a quick nap we headed off toЧитать далее
I’ll volunteer to test all of the above. Love the meat and cheese board for starters. I’ll bring the wine. Grandma [Sharon A]
Pantheon, Trevi Fountain & More!
5 июня 2024 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
A slow morning lead to a busy afternoon in the Rome city center! We started at the Pantheon, a Pagan temple turned cathedral with an impressive domed roof. We took a short walk to the Trevi fountain,Читать далее
ПутешественникCool post….that arm reappeared! Love the history in this….
Oh, the Pantheon. What a beautiful building. Re Gelato - you do know, I hope, that you are required to choose a different flavour each day? [Grandma]
Picnic, parc and pretty clothes
7 июня 2024 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Not a ton of pictures today, but we met up with Meghan and Rebecca for a lunch picnic before their colosseum. Lauren and I left to go explore Villa Borghese. Lots of beautiful sights and surprisesЧитать далее
Train Day to South Italy
7 июня 2024 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Travel day today! We took trains from Rome to Naples, and then from Naples to our new place in Meta (Near Sorento)
Path of the Gods
8 июня 2024 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Today we learned a valuable lesson about the consistency of Italian public transit (or lack thereof…) and eventually made our way to a gorgeous hike along the Amalfi coast. The bus showed up oneЧитать далее
Lemon Grove and Ruins Swimming
9 июня 2024 г., Италия ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Our day started just outside of Sorrento touring a lemon grove and trying their artisanal Limoncello, distilled lemon, and extra virgin olive oil. We learned that they graft the lemon branches toЧитать далее
ПутешественникThought that might have been the breakfast of champions!