One of the many things on my Paris “hope to see” list was the Musee Rodin.  Because we had a mile-long list of things to see today and because I was the only one with this on their must-see list, we opted to make this a very quick stop (as in probably only …

 If I don’t already sound like a broken record when I say I researched all of the xyz options for abc before we booked our trip (or chose this crockpot or picked that curriculum, etc), just stick around awhile and I’m sure you’ll eventually come to that conclusion (LOL) since …

I’m sure everyone would have preferred to sleep in a little longer today (9/26), but again, trying to avoid jet lag I scheduled us to be up and out of the hotel by 7:00 a.m. I actually wanted to leave at 6:30 but Michaela thought that was way too early …

No. I didn’t have to do any parallel parking in Paris (LOL) since we didn’t rent a car there. But, Emily noticed that all of the cars on the streets where bumper to bumper. LITERALLY. I mean as in they were one right after, bumper to bumper, along the entire …

I wasn’t able to catch the names of every single little place we stopped to get something to eat. I’m the only one who’s usually very interested in taking pictures of every little detail and I was also the one in charge of all the money. Money vs taking a …

After leaving the Louvre, we headed back to the Republique station to find a place to have dinner. There’s no shortage of restaurants on the many street corners in the Republique area. We looked at the menus for a few and finally decided on Pizza Pino. It was a little …

With only 4 hours to spend at the Louvre after traveling for over 24 hours, I didn’t have high expectations of powering through as much as we could or trying to take it all in. Instead, I was content to just be there observing the enormity of the buildings and …

When I was planning our trip to Europe, I was wondering where we were going to find 3-4 hours to fit in a “quick” visit to the Louvre because there were so many must-see sights on our Paris list -the majority of which are only open during the day. With …

We’re here! YEA! We found our hotel in Paris, the Hotel De L’Avenue, after only a few wrong turns and a FB message from Amanda stating our lost in Paris status to which some replied, “too bad.” (LOL)! I’m guessing no one is feeling too sorry for us. This picture …

Twenty-eight years ago this summer, my parents hosted an exchange student, Corrine, from France for several months. We were fortunate to be able to visit her in her hometown the following year when my grandma took my mom, brother, cousin, and I to Europe. Here is a picture of Corrine …