Alright, so we may have been a little bit out of our minds, but we will never regret doing what we did a week before our movers came to Scotland...and that is, take one last European trip that entailed 3 days in Paris, France and 3 days in Prague, Czech Republic. It was an AWESOME trip (granted, we seem to have forgotten to pack some things in our first shipment (as we were pressed for time when we got back) that maybe we needed, like maybe blankets and comforters, but, that's what Wal-Mart is for...right?!?)!!
(Sorry it's taken me so long to get this posted...my wonderful husband erased the pictures from our camera after loading the pictures onto the desktop that was in our first air freight shipment from Scotland (which we have now...the rest of our stuff has yet to be completely located, but that is another post all to itself!!). It's also taken me a week to get all of the pictures posted!)
We started out in Paris...knowing we only had 3 days to see ALL of Paris, we hit the ground running and saw everything we wanted to see, and more, in Paris!
17 September:
We saw Arc de Triumph, Champs Elysses, Grand Palace/Petite Palace, Museum Rodin and even made a trip to the park before viewing the Eiffel Tower.
The best conversation of the trip happened at the Museum Rodin. For those of you that don't know, the gardens there house Rodin's famous "The Thinker" sculpture/statue. As we walked out into the garden, Jackson is ahead of us slightly. As he turns the corner to view "The Thinker", he spontaneously says to Cody, who is now right behind him, "Daddy, what is he thinking?" PERFECT!! It's the question the world has been asking forever!! Jackson had a fun time "thinking" in front of "The Thinker" and posing in front of many of Rodin's other sculptures in the gardens.
18 September:
We conquered the Concorde Square, Garden of Statues, the Louvre (ok, not the whole Louvre...just the highlights, remember we had a 2 year old with us!), Ile de la Cite, Lunch on Ile St. Louis, Notre Dame, Place des Voges, Place de las Bastille, up the Eiffel Tower, and Dinner on the River with a finale of watching the Eiffel Tower light up. Jackson told us it was "sparkley!"
19 September:
This day, we went out to see Versailles, then saw Montemorte (French Village) and then traveled down to see the Moulin Rouge area, had dinner at "Buffalo Grill" and then viewed Moulin Rouge at night.
20 September:
We took our flight to Prague, Czech Republic later in the morning. Upon arriving, ALIVE (our taxi driver was a maniac driving!!), we checked into our 3 bedroom hotel room (which was awesome!) and then began exploring! We visited the Old Town Square where the famous Astronomical Clock is, the Our Lady of Tyn Church and then we enjoyed a dinner at a restaurant in the Square.
21 September:
This day, we saw the Jewish Quarter which included the Old and New Synagogue, the Charles Bridge, Nerudva Road, and then rode the Funicular railway up to Petrin Hill. That night, we had dinner again in the Old Town Square (which, by the way, I loved being in!).
22 September:
This was our last day of vacation. We went and saw Prague Castle and the surroundings (which included a Cathedral and an old village that I believe was called The Golden Lane) followed by a visit to Wesceslas Square. And then, guess what, the Old Town Square again!!
I loved both places. Paris was someplace I have always wanted to go, you know, just to see "all the stuff" that I had always heard about (Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Rodin's "The Thinker", Versaille, Notre Dame, Bastille, Moulin Rouge...) but Prague actually surprised me! Prague was a place Cody had really wanted to go, and it didn't matter to me one way or the other if I saw it. But, I'm tellin' ya, I'm really glad that we went! It was an absolutely beautiful city!! It was a wonderful vacation to end on ... and then a week later we headed to Vegas! I must admit, Vegas is a bit different than Europe!
And, with that, we'll "close the door" on our time in the United Kingdom and Europe (which makes me sniffle). We were truly blessed to have been there for the time that we were.
1 comment:
Loved reading through your blog. Sounds like you had a great trip and got some WONDERFUL pictures. Prague is supposed to be one of the most beautiful cities on earth. I did get tickled at a few of your mis-names. Nothing anybody would probably recognize except me...but the funniest is Montmartre (which means mountain of the martyred) and you put Montmorte (which means dead mountain). :) Keep us updated on Vegas digs...
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