Vias – September 11th – 14th We woke up and the boys went in search of speedos! Lucas was not happy about this. My little creature of habit and comfort was going to be pushed outside his comfort zone. He knew and I knew it! Mark scouted out the store first and found his pair,...
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Vias – September 10th Something you should know about the way we have chosen to travel thus far: we have not been booking anything more than a week or so in advance. This was either going to help us or hurt us. In the end it kinda did both. Like in Amsterdam, we were left...
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Nice – September 6th to 9th 2017 I especially had been looking forward to staying in Nice, France for a while. I was ready to leave Italy and get back to some familiar ground (at least knowing the language). Staying in Nice also meant our first stretch of down time. We booked here knowing that...
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Juno Beach – August 20th 2017 Our Normandy time was short and on the way to our next town we were happy to be able make a pit stop at Juno Beach. Juno Beach was an important stop for Mark and I as it held so much Canadian history. We had studied WW2 in school...
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Mont Saint-Michel – August 19th 2017 Our busy day started with a trip to the Eco Museum by the Bay in Normandy. This was a small museum that was all about the ecology of the area. Super neat facts and displays kept us busy and engaged for a while. Outside they had areas that were...
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Leaving Paris – August 18th 2017 We left Paris with a new lease on life, well, a lease on a car that is!!! This was now going to be our wheels for the next 60 days in Europe. We chose to drive for a couple reasons. 1. We thought we could do more exploring, going...
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Paris – August 17th 2017 Our last full day in Paris was left open. It was the day after our long Disney day and we didn’t want to overdo it. We were thinking of taking the bus to Versailles but in the end we stayed local and Mark and I took the bus to Notre...
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Paris – August 15th & 16th 2017 With all the adventures we’d been having it was time for a day off. A sleep in, late breakfast, movies in the afternoon, PJ day. We took full advantage of this time and relaxed allllll day. The next day was a splurge day. Disney Paris. But how could...
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Paris – August 14th 2017 Paris day 4, time to explore. My goal was to make it to see the Arc de Triomphe. Perhaps walk down the Champ d’Elysee. Pretend we’ve won the lotto and shop till we drop. We walked the whole way to the Arc from our airbnb which was a good bit...
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Paris – August 13th 2017 The famous Musee de Louvre. We wanted to check this out while in Paris. It was tops on the list. Purchasing tickets online was the way to go and we beat the line at the front. Kids were free (points just for that). I tried my best to get some...
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