Category: Europe 2008

I think we got up and moving slightly earlier this day. We grabbed some quiche for breakfast and headed back to Montmartre to see Sacre Coeur. After climbing countless number of stairs to get up to the top where the church was, we rewarded ourselves with an overpriced ice cream bar :) Next, we sat… Continue reading Paris Day 3: Basilica de Sacre Coeur and Notre Dame

We had a GREAT last few days in Paris…saw and enjoyed some incredible sites, took tons of great photos.  We’ll get them uploaded asap and I’ll finish up the last few days in Paris.  In short, we saw Notre Dame, the July Column (formerly the Bastille), the Catacombs, went to the top of the Eiffel… Continue reading We’re home! (And behind on our blog posts…)

That is what we saw today.  After eating some yummy breakfast/lunch of quiche lorraine and cafe au lait, we headed out to see the sights.  Our feet were rested and we were rested, having slept in until late :)  The opera house was amazing.  It was really really fun to see, and best of all… Continue reading L’Opera Garnier and le Louvre

Ow ow ow, is what I have to say. My feet are so sore from all the walking we did yesterday.  You can see everything in Paris by foot, but ouch. It’s a lot of walking.  Why did we walk so much? Weeellllll, we couldn’t find metro stations. We seemed to stop, look at a… Continue reading A self-guided tour of Paris by metro and foot…

So they tell you to take a back up pair of glasses with you for good reason!  I mean, you never think you’re glasses are going to really and truly break when you’re on vacation, do you?  I mean, you’re on vacation! Well, Phil’s did.  And nothing caused it that we know.  Just good ol’… Continue reading Phil’s glasses

Hello from Paris, France!!! We arrived at 5:30 pm (8:30 am your time) and had to take a bus into Paris (1 hour ride).  Next, we walked a few minutes to the nearest metro station and took that for about 1/2 hour to our stop. Then, we walked about 5 minutes or so down the… Continue reading Paris, Day 1:

(posted 1pm Irish Standard Time) We started the drive around the southwestern tip of Ireland, called the Ring of Kerry. Luckily, a little beach bar had open WiFi, so we’re trying to get our most recent photos uploaded pronto. Ireland ’08 Flickr set (being updated as I type) London ’08 Flickr set (in case you… Continue reading Wednesday: The Ring of Kerry

(Don’t forget to check out the Ireland Flickr set) *We are sorry for the delay in blogging, but wifi is not available in all the places we are staying. Sunday:  We woke up after the shortest night of the year (summer solstice!) to a very windy, very rainy, very cold day.  Unfortunately, this was only… Continue reading A Scary Drive to Skerries!