When we first started planning this trip, we looked at the map to see where we could find a hotel which would be near a metro station close to the lines we needed for getting from the airport to the hotel upon our arrival and from the hotel to the …

I’m sorry the above picture is so dark and I’m not at home to fix it before uploading, but I have to include it because it’s really the only one I have from our first encounter with the metro system in Paris. After we gathered all of our luggage and …

Before we left on our fall trip to Europe, I searched many websites to see what we might expect in regard to the weather so we would know how to pack. I figured fall should be a good time to visit Europe with their vacations winding down and the temperatures …

We arrived at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport around mid afternoon. It is the largest airport serving Paris and the second busiest passenger airport in Europe after London Heathrow which we’ll leave from on October 10th. While researching things for our trip, I came across these bits of lovely information …

In the above photo, you’ll see our first glimpse of land as we approach the airport in Amsterdam. It was certainly a welcome sight after being on the airplane for about 9 hours by the time you figure in the actual flight and boarding time. I told the girls this …

So, we didn’t have a stewardess like the one in the YouTube video I posted. It was actually a rather uneventful flight. I slept all the way from home to Minneapolis where we found some lunch after our arrival and then made our way to the gate for our international …

Emily and I were worried about how Nathan was going to handle us both being gone for a couple of weeks. They tried to diffuse the emotions by making funny faces all the way to the airport. I think they were both teaching each other a few things. However, as …

I saved the following YouTube video which Amanda sent to me quite awhile ago. If this posts correctly, we should be in the air by now. It will sure be a FUN flight if we end up with an attendant like this one.

Tuesday and Wednesday (Sept 22nd and 23rd) were spent doing all of the last minutes things we needed to do before we leave. Needless to say it was a whirlwind. Here are a few things on my list: *change Amanda’s phone plan so it can be used in Europe *go …

We leave for Europe in 48 hours which means the next two days will be quite crazy. Here’s my short list just to give you an idea: 1. Pay our bills 2. Talk with a local person at the bank who will be manually checking our credit card for me …