Bella, Gabe and Josiah

We decided to get out of Paris and see a few other things, so we picked up a rental car and started driving. Unfortunately we picked up the car in the center of Paris and driving in Paris is chaos, so our blood pressures may be slightly higher now… But we made it to Omaha Beach in Normandy. The first stop was lunch where we got gallettes. Josy took one look at it and said “This is not what I expected…” but then happily ate the whole thing. Welcome to ordering food in a foreign country, kid… Then we went to the D-Day Museum. Afterwards, we walked down to the beach. I was complaining at the boys for playing, as it felt like this place deserved more honor than that. Then I rejected that that’s what all those boys died for. So that prior kids could play in peace, safety and freedom. Then we went to Pont du Hoc. There was lot more we could have seen, but we ran out of time, so we drove to Coutances to our airbnb, which aired to be an adorable cottage with a private garden and the most incre...

We had nothing planned today so we decided to just wander Paris and see what we could see. First stop: breakfast. Then we went to Sacre Coure. On the way up, the boys found a fountain that they thought was hilarious! There was a pretty great view of the city from the top of the basillica. Unfortunately just as we came out it started pouring. We ran through the rain to a random restaurant where Gabe discovered frog legs. They were not his favorite new food… By then the rain had stopped, so we made our way to the Arc de Triumph. Then we walked down the Champs Elysees. We stopped to let the boys play at a tiny park that was way below the boys developmentally, so I gave them tasks to make it more interesting, like doing the whole park while holding on to the other one’s ear, or jumping like a kangaroo. We found the Eiffel Tower on the way. And the Olympic Torch. We stopped by the Bastille and took a break for a few minutes. And then found an amazing pizza place that Rob recommended. And th...

We’re in France! We first had tickets to go to France in 2020, but, well, that didn’t happen and we took an RV trip instead… Then with everything had was going on with Pat’s mom, we went sure that the trip was going to happen at all… But it did and we are here! I think Josy was the most excited. While we were getting our luggage at the airport, but he kept saying “I can’t believe we’re in Paris!!!” Meanwhile Gabe told me that it didn’t look like he thought it would. Um, that’s because we’re still at the airport train station… Both boys decided to stay up on the last flight and did not sleep at all. So they both fell asleep on the train into the city. Once we got to our Airbnb, we also slept for 4 hours, which made us all feel better. However, waking up the boys was incredibly difficult…and the both fell asleep again on the metro. Jet lay is dumb. But then we got to turn Eiffel Tower and that finally woke them up. By the time that we got tickets, all the elevator tickets were sold out, ...