A Quick Trip to Paris
We switched our flight home to an earlier flight but still got to see the “Big 3” (Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Notre Dame) and do a walking tour. My mom hung out in our Airbnb...
Category: Europe
Our trip to mostly Western Europe
London: Trouble on our first trip back
This is a picture of the x-ray of my mom’s broken arm. Not the first picture we expected to post from our first overseas trip in 3 years. It happened on the first day...
Paris Part Deux
We finished our trip where we started in Paris. We again are surprised how much we like Paris even though we are not city folk. This time we stayed outside the main tourist area...
The Dordogne: Awesome Rural France
I didn’t have many expectations for the Dordogne region but it was a good stop on our way back to Paris. I actually liked it better than Provence or Carcassonne (Paris and Chamonix are...
Carcassonne and Andorra: Very Different
Southwest France is very rural and feels different than the rest of France. This is going to seem like blasphemy to a lot of people, but I like it better than Provence so far....
More Provence
We only spent 7 nights in Provence and we felt like we took it easy (it was so hot!) but we still have some pictures to share. The area is beautiful but I have...
Our First Taste of Provence
We traveled from cool alpine Chamonix Mont-Blanc to hot dry Provence. Our first impression was that it looked very much like Tuscany but a little more dry and a little less pretty. It’s been...
Swissy-Mountainy France: Chamonix Mont-Blanc
Chamonix is close to the Swiss and Italian borders and feels like a mix of Switzerland and France. The main draw here is the Mont-Blanc group of summits. We spent a few nights here...
Frenchie-Lakie Switzerland: Lausanne and Geneva
Up to this point, we’ve been in the German feeling part of Switzerland. we are now in Lake Geneva near the French border, and there is a different look and feel to the country....
Lauterbrunnen Part 2: Stuff we did
A few more pictures of some of the activities we did. We only scratched the surface of the activities available. It is still our favorite place and we definitely would like to return.