{"id":5655,"date":"2022-08-09T21:39:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T03:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=5655"},"modified":"2022-08-09T21:39:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T03:39:51","slug":"european-vacation-day-7-thoughts-after-the-first-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2022\/08\/european-vacation-day-7-thoughts-after-the-first-week\/","title":{"rendered":"European Vacation Day 7: Thoughts After the First Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-160.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-160-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-160-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-160-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-160-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-160-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-160.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>To get to the shower\/sink, you have to move through the kitchen area. That&#8217;s the door to the left of the washing machine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=10160132178073428&amp;set=a.10160132166648428#\"><\/a>23 July 22: One week into the trip. Some random thoughts&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">1.) I appreciate that Paris keeps itself quiet on Saturday mornings so we could sleep late. Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">2.) There&#8217;s a scene in the beginning of Gene Kelly&#8217;s film <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0043278\/\" target=\"_blank\">An American in Paris<\/a><\/em> where he&#8217;s using all 4 limbs to open\/close cabinets, flip up his bed, make his coffee, and get ready for his day in his tiny Paris apartment. 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