Salut de Paris!
Part of my role with my current adventures in Europe includes writing blog updates for the parents back home. Rather than re-write a different entry, I've decided to copy/paste what I wrote for the parents.
Salut de Paris!
This afternoon we arrived in the City of Love, beautiful Paris! It’s been an amazing start to our European adventure, and our explorations of Northern France were filled with the most beautiful medieval cities and spectacular French cuisine. From our arrival in London, to our ferry ride across the Channel, to exploring gorgeous walled cities, our trip has been full of new experiences and new friendships.
Though our photos of Mont Saint-Michel are stunning, it truly is a place you must visit to fully appreciate the history and beauty that we found. Everyone enjoyed our first opportunity to take off in their own groups, explore the village, climb the battlements, and take in the views. And if one walled town wasn’t enough, we took off to conquer the walled city of St. Malo for our first photo-scavenger hunt and dinner. It was hard to tell whether the city bells or our kids laughter was the loudest sound echoing through the streets that evening.
Moving forward through history, we had the opportunity to take in a guided tour of the D-Day landing beaches of Utah and Omaha. Our guide Luci was a fount of knowledge, bringing those days and weeks of June 1944 to life, and even our history teacher on staff learned something new. We learned of the bravery of the American Rangers who captured the Utah landing site and of the human tragedy at Omaha beach before taking a moment at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial to pay our respects to the fallen.
Our dinner in Bayeaux transported us back as we stumbled into the middle of a medieval festival celebrated every year in the first weekend of July. The costumes and pageantry turned a simple evening out for dinner into a world-class dinner and show. Everyone’s experience unique as some came across geese being herded down the main streets, while others met monsters and maidens from another world. It truly was an amazing way to say our goodbyes to our temporary home in Bayeaux.
Now that we’ve dipped our toes into French culture in Normandy and Brittany, we’re all ready to dive head first into our Parisian experience. Some look most forward to searching for hunchbacks in Notre Dame, others to finding the Mona Lisa in the Louvre, others yet for the sights, smells, and tastes of the Latin Quarter. The possibilities seem endless!
Au Revoir!
Trip 46 Crew and Staff
Salut de Paris!
This afternoon we arrived in the City of Love, beautiful Paris! It’s been an amazing start to our European adventure, and our explorations of Northern France were filled with the most beautiful medieval cities and spectacular French cuisine. From our arrival in London, to our ferry ride across the Channel, to exploring gorgeous walled cities, our trip has been full of new experiences and new friendships.
Though our photos of Mont Saint-Michel are stunning, it truly is a place you must visit to fully appreciate the history and beauty that we found. Everyone enjoyed our first opportunity to take off in their own groups, explore the village, climb the battlements, and take in the views. And if one walled town wasn’t enough, we took off to conquer the walled city of St. Malo for our first photo-scavenger hunt and dinner. It was hard to tell whether the city bells or our kids laughter was the loudest sound echoing through the streets that evening.
Moving forward through history, we had the opportunity to take in a guided tour of the D-Day landing beaches of Utah and Omaha. Our guide Luci was a fount of knowledge, bringing those days and weeks of June 1944 to life, and even our history teacher on staff learned something new. We learned of the bravery of the American Rangers who captured the Utah landing site and of the human tragedy at Omaha beach before taking a moment at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial to pay our respects to the fallen.
Our dinner in Bayeaux transported us back as we stumbled into the middle of a medieval festival celebrated every year in the first weekend of July. The costumes and pageantry turned a simple evening out for dinner into a world-class dinner and show. Everyone’s experience unique as some came across geese being herded down the main streets, while others met monsters and maidens from another world. It truly was an amazing way to say our goodbyes to our temporary home in Bayeaux.
Now that we’ve dipped our toes into French culture in Normandy and Brittany, we’re all ready to dive head first into our Parisian experience. Some look most forward to searching for hunchbacks in Notre Dame, others to finding the Mona Lisa in the Louvre, others yet for the sights, smells, and tastes of the Latin Quarter. The possibilities seem endless!
Au Revoir!
Trip 46 Crew and Staff
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