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We knew the Eiffel Tower had a beautiful light show, so we chose to get dinner not too far away so we could walk back for the spectacle. This cafe just a few blocks off the park was where we spent our evening. To try something new, I ordered a salad with smoked duck breast… Continue reading Dinner and a Show in Paris
After our journey up the Eiffel Tower, we knew we wanted to see more, but were concerned about travel (and thieves) in a foreign city that we didn't speak the language in. So we decided to take advantage of one of the bus tours. And BOY were we glad we did! With a 2 hour… Continue reading Sightseeing in Paris
Of course our first real stop in Paris was the Eiffel Tower. This was literally 10 minutes from our hotel, by foot. It was wonderful! It's just too tall to fit in the frame straight! We had been warned that the line can get pretty bad, and it did loop around the plaza beneath the… Continue reading Ascending Eiffel
I mean, we were taking the time off to fly across the ocean. A trip we likely won't get to make again, so you better believe we were fitting a trip to Paris into things! To get there, we had to wake up at 5am to have enough time to dress, last-minute pack and get… Continue reading Eurostar to Paris!
Mwahahaha now I KNOW you have this song stuck in your head. Go ahead, thank me. 😉 But visiting the London Eye was the name of the game the evening of our full day in London, on bank holiday no less! Yes, we managed to be in town for the first Monday after May 1st. … Continue reading London Eyes Are Watching You
So we left off after taking a look at Westminster Abbey where I wistfully dreamed of marrying a prince and gawked at the beautiful architecture and almost incomprehensible amount of history that has occurred there. Then we made a mad dash to Buckingham Palace to try and catch the changing of the guard. And a… Continue reading Of Palaces and Towers in London
After our overview of London by boat yesterday, today was the day, our only full day in London! And though we already found one in Salisbury, we started our day with a few phone booths near our hotel. I find that the more ridiculous the face you can make, the better the photo. Speaking of… Continue reading Of Royal Weddings And Phonebooths That Smell
When it rains it pours around here! It seems now I am the one sick with pneumonia for memorial day weekend. I put together a good number of posts early this week to get things rolling again, but things may get spotty again before we get to Paris. Ugh. After a few days in southern… Continue reading Away to London!
After our adventure to Christchurch, we decided to keep local and walk about Poole, our adopted city for the trip. By this point, my friend Erin was with us, and really she's one of the best shopping buddies around, so what better time to find the downtown shops? And of all the shops we went… Continue reading Decor Shopping in Poole
So, resulting from a long-ago funny moment on a cruise, it was essentially decided that all vacations are not legit until a Palm tree is found.FORTUNATELY, Christchurch delivered. Many times. But this particular palm was a beaut. As is the lass modeling with it.So now that the trip is legit, lets move on.The Priory has… Continue reading Christchurch Priory & Palm Trees
Bath. It's such a blah word. Like Beth. Whatever. HOWEVER, the Roman Baths of Bath are not blah at all. In fact, they were quite fascinating. The whole city of Bath had this same stone look to it, sandy colored and there was a lot of clean-up work to clear the decades of soot from… Continue reading On Baths in Bath
Pssst - so, a combination of an overwhelming amount of photos, wanting to take some time off to just be in eachother's presence after a paticularly long time apart from Bill, and then a pretty bad bout of food poisoning on Sunday/Monday has left things pretty quiet here on the blog and wayyyy delayed. So… Continue reading Eurotrip 2013 Checklist
Like I mentioned in yesterday's post, after spending the day at Stonehenge and Salisbury Cathedral, we came back to Brynn & Gary's and had a sunset adventure. Ya know what's weird for an East-coaster to see? The sun setting over the ocean. Weirder still is when you're not in California or the Outer Banks to… Continue reading Toes in the Sand on the Other Side of the Atlantic
...and MAN were my arms tired! *badumcheech* So I've managed to make it back after a wonderful 10 days in southern England, London and Paris. And what an amazing trip it was! I went with my childhood best friend, Molly, stayed with our best friend Brynn and her husband Gary, before meeting up with my… Continue reading So This One Time I Flew Across the Ocean…
I promise there will be plennnty of blogger vacation photos, but even better I totally did some decor shopping and of course took some inspiration photos too! So I have a LOT to share! The trouble is, I took over 2000 photos on the trip which means I have a good amount of cleaning up… Continue reading I Survived Europe!
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