Paris, France: January 25, 2011 Day 3: The day began with breakfast (croissants and coffee) in our hotel. AD noted that even though this was our third day in Paris, she had yet to see the city during the day time. While I ate, I quickly figured out the metro stops to take us to our first ...
Le Mont St. Michel…a little treasure in Normandy
Le Mont St. Michel: January 24, 2011 Day 2: We woke up around 4:45 a.m. to start getting ready for the day. Berni picked us up at our hotel at around 6 a.m. and we made our way via the metro to the Gare Montparnasse stop to go to the train station. Our journey for the day would take us to ...
Paris, the first night in the City of Light
Paris, France: January 23, 2011 We arrived at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris at around 6 p.m. with plans to meet up with our cousin Berni and her friend Cat at 8:00 p.m. for dinner. After waiting for our luggage we walked…and walked….and walked to the terminal with the train ...
Part 3-Barcelona’s Gaudi, futbol and hot chocolate
Barcelona, Spain: January 20-23 2011 Barcelona, Spain Day 1: By the time we arrive at Barcelona it's evening and dinnertime. After a cab ride from the airport, we get dropped off at our hotel, Royal Ramblas. I chose this hotel because my mom had stayed here previously and told us that the ...
Getting lost in Sevilla….not such a bad thing
Seville, Spain: January 17-20 2011 Day 1: We arrived in the Sevilla airport (about twenty minutes outside of the main city's center) in the evening and it was dead, there was virtually nobody there. After a short wait and a breeze through customs, we picked up our luggage and headed to the ...