It has been several months since I have sat down to post pictures and stories to the blog. The family took a working vacation to Paris....France that is....in March. Rori was a great traveler, we found that she cried less than we did about the plane flight;-) We were there for 10 days, 7 of which were spent "god aweful" sick in the hotel room with some sort of flu. The upside was the health care. Within an hour of calling the front desk for a doctor we had an English speaking mobile doc in our room, and 7 prescription from the local plarmacy in 15 minutes. The price was very reasonable as well. If this is how gov't run health care goes...I'm all for it! A little blurry but the statue of liberty...little one...and Eiffel Tower in the background.
Charlemagne
Moulin Rouge!
Shall we say Davince Code!
Family at the Mona Lisa!
We did push ourselves to see the sights. The Eiffel Tower was spectacular at night and one of Dusti's favorites. We didn't wait in the line to ascend the beast because it was too cold and we all had snotty noses. Pat's favorite attraction was the Louvre. Althought the art was great, Dusti found more fun in people watching after several hours of looking at art. Since it is an international city, she found more art in the dress and culture. Pat actually got off work early one day and managed to locate us in the vast array of art and people...it was a total fluke without cell phones.
We also visited Napolean's Tomb and the red light district where we tried to catch a show at the Moulin Rouge but babies under 2 were not allowed. Perhaps that was best. Since then I have learend that the Can-Can dancers go comando under the dresses in France.....hhhhmmm. We spent some time at Notre Dame and several other magnificent Catholic churches. The architecture was unrivaled to anything found in the US.
We learned enough french to navigate the city and found the locals to be very helpful and friendly...we think Robug/baby cakes had a little to do with that. She was our front of the line ticket to the Louvre, subway system and local restaurants. We took hilarious video of one subway train we took to the red light district at rush hour. When me finally managed to get off the with stroller, the next group of folks to board we sooooo packed in that one dude almost got his nose cut off by the doors and his face smashed against the window! It was pretty funny to see them shoved in there worse than cattle!
Don't think we will be traveling abroad anytime again soon. That was a huge....never ending ocean we had to cross.'-)
Bon Jour!
