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European Vacation Day 6: Mona Lisa Pro Tip

07 August 22 by Major Mom

Pro tip: Get the 9:00am — opening time — tickets to the Louvre. Any other time and getting close to the Mona Lisa will take a LONG TIME. It wasn’t bad at all if you get to the gallery with a sense of purpose upon entering the museum. There was a bit more of a … Read more

European Vacation Day 6: Louvre Thoughts

07 August 22 by Major Mom

22 July 22: I’m at the mall attached to the Louvre, sipping a cappuccino, processing everything I got to see today. So many thoughts about the 6.5 hours Dave and I spent there (the boys left after about 4 hours). Here are a few:

European Vacation Day 5: Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, and Moulin Rouge

07 August 22 by Major Mom

Admittedly, the boys are being good sports with the selfies.

21 July 22: Photos from the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, and Dave’s and my date night at the Moulin Rouge! ~20,000 steps for me!

Speaking of tomorrow: we will be at the Louvre right when they open! Dave and I cannot WAIT to see all that art…it’s been a while (the Frieda Kahlo exhibit in Denver?)

European Vacation Day 5: Foodie Walking Tour of Paris

07 August 22 by Major Mom

Daily selfie from the wine class. Tim was included in this, to his delight.

21 July 22: Today was a “Foodie Walking Tour of Paris“. Leo (short for Eleanor) took us through the Les Halles and Montorgueil sections of Paris, including the patisserie that invented the Baba ah Rhum and showing us one of the original restaurants that specialized in escargot.

European Vacation Day 5: Eiffel Tower Selfie!

07 August 22 by Major Mom

European Vacation Day 4: Eiffel Tower at Night

07 August 22 by Major Mom

European Vacation Day 4: Dinner in Paris

07 August 2207 August 22 by Major Mom

20 July 22: We had a classic French dinner this evening at a corner bistro. The food was amazing (I had duck confit and a salad) and we shared a great bottle of wine. The waitstaff were sweethearts. The boys are loving getting to order beer and wine with dinner.

Tonight we relax and rest up for some sightseeing tomorrow.

European Vacation Day 4: Arrival in Paris

07 August 22 by Major Mom

Daily selfie II. The view that greeted us when we came up out of the subway. Jacob looks ready to move on…he was.

20 July 22: After a 3 hour drive back to the airport to turn in the car…then a 40 min train ride…then a 15 min subway ride…then a discombobulated walk starting in the wrong direction thanks to Apple Maps not knowing the address of where we were going (Google Maps knew)…we have arrived at our top floor apartment in the 6th Arrondissement in Paris! We have a view of the Eiffel Tower and are walking distance from the Louvre. It’s a small place but WAY better than a hotel room.

European Vacation Day 4: Travel Day from Port-en-Bessin to Paris

07 August 22 by Major Mom

20 July 22: Daily selfie! We hit this cafe every day we were here! Today we had a full breakfast there before we head back to Paris.

European Vacation Day 3: Caen Memorial Museum Part 2 & Longue-sur-Mer

07 August 22 by Major Mom

The boys asked to be awakened early so they could hit the market and bakery to pick up breakfast and dinner food. Unfortunately I overslept so they did too. They hit the market about 30 min later than planned.

19 July 22: More photos from our day at the Caen Memorial Museum and Longue-sur-Mer. The heat prevented doing anything more.

Fortunately a line of thundershowers came thru the area and cooled things down on the coastline a bit for the visit to the German gun emplacement at Longue-sur-Mer. And things will be much cooler tomorrow.