We are writing this blog post from our own computer which means...we are home!!! We flew home from Paris on July 11 and are very much enjoying the comforts of home: our own bed, clean sheets, clean towels, laundry facilities, variety of clothing options, milk, water that you don't have to pay for, washroom that you don't have to pay to use and family!! Our flight was just over 9 hours and was a direct flight from Paris to Calgary.
Here's a quick update of our last days in Paris with our friend Leah. On our first day we took a trip out to Versaille and saw the palace, which was so elaborate and full of gold everything, and the Royal Gardens which you could get lost in. Everything was very beautiful but sooo packed with tourists! That night we went to the Eiffel Tower and took the elevator all the way to the top. Seeing as how Donovan and I were in Paris at the start of our trip, this was our second time at the tower but enjoyed it just as much! The views from the top are amazing. We stayed long enough that we were able to see it all lit up. Quite the beauty!! The next day we went to the Picasso museum, Pompidou Center (modern art museum), The Louvre to see the Mona Lisa of course, walked down Champs Elysees (famous shopping street) to get to the Arc de Triumphe and our last day we visited Saint-Chappelle church, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Pantheon which helds tombs of some well known people of the past and finished our day with a boat ride up and down the Seine River. Our days were full but enjoyed every last bit knowing it was the finale to our 3 1/2 month trip.
Thankyou to everyone who came with us on our trip via this blog!!! We appreciated the comments and words from home. So thankyou!!
Here's some pics of our time in Paris!
Loved the pastries for breakfast!!
Versailles
Leah and I with our audioguides
In the Royal Gardens
Us with the Versaille palace in the background
Eiffel Tower
Leah and I at the top of the tower
Eiffel Tower all lit up at night
Leah and I enjoying some delicious pastries in a park
Us 3 in the Louvre Museum
Us with Mona Lisa
Arc de Triumphe
Paris
Notre Dame Cathedral
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Last stop: Paris
Posted by Donovan & Traci at 7:58 AM
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8 comments:
am so glad you're home safe!!! loved seeing you in paris and can't wait to see you again in saskatoon in august!
Thankyou for the awesome blog posts and pictures!!It truly helped us to see some of what you were experiencing.What will we do now!Oh yes, phone calls.We are happy you're home safe.Thankyou to God for protection. Love Mom Q
We couldn't be more thrilled to see you guys in a couple of hours when you come to Saskatoon! I'm almost in tears I'm so excited!!! Love you guys!
Welcome home ya hardcores!! Glad that you were able to find time in your busy travel schedule, to actually update this blog and let us join you in your adventures. It was a pleasure reading and I look forward to seeing you in person and hearing more about it! Also hope Dono had a good B-DAY on the 11th! Love you guys and good luck with the jet lag :)
Yo dawgs. Glad to have you home. Also glad that you now shower regularly and have cut your hair.
Lisa
Great blog, you guys!!! I totally enjoyed keeping up with your adventures. I hope we can get together sometime in August maybe....Glad you're home safe and sound and that you had a wonderful time over the past three and a half months. What a bank of memories you have stored up!
Wow you are finally home. and just in time for Lis' babe, how perfect!! or are you in Sask right now???
I love that pic of you two outside Versaille in the black jackets.. so sweet! thanks for all your frickin' sweet posts over the past months, they kept me entertained and I lived vicariously through your awesome pics..
Can't wait to see you!!
love Jodie (aka anonymous)
Has it sunk in yet what you have accomplished in the past 3 1/2 months?
What a rich experience! Thanks for the window you gave us at each stop via your blog.
Thanks for the 3 night trip to Europe when you were out.....2500 pictures later.
Loved the Turkish Delight and the 'pagmina' you brought for me and the Italian tie for dad! Most of all it was so good to have you home and spend a week with you, even a week went by way too fast. Glad we could squeexe in all the food requests you had missed from home.
Having you all home and having family time was a sweet part of my summer.
Much Love, Mom L
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