Photo in our Airbnb kitchen before heading out in Paris! We decided to stay in an Airbnb in Paris rather than a hotel because there were 4 adults on our trip and we wanted to stay together and have some hangout space for down time. Hotel rooms in Paris almost never sleep more than 3 … Continue reading Paris 2024 Olympics – Airbnb, Neighborhood, and Getting Around
I thought it might be helpful to frame all the rest of the blog entries about the Paris Olympics with our overall itinerary for the trip. You’ll see it was really packed and didn’t leave a lot of downtime, but we still managed to hang out at our apartment quite a bit watching other Olympics … Continue reading Paris 2024 Olympics Itinerary
I decided that I wanted to put a little more effort into documenting this trip for posterity than just the quick bytes I shared on Instagram. This is going to be a multi-post series here on the blog detailing pretty much every aspect of our trip, so feel free to jump around to just the … Continue reading Paris 2024 Olympics – Getting to Paris
With a backlog of travel over the last two years to write about and several upcoming trips in 2018, I'm going to attempt to revive my blog with new posts and pictures from our travels. I will go back and write about our amazing first sailing trip last summer in Greece, but first, I'm going … Continue reading Packing for a week of sailing in the Côte d’Azur
Josh and I got up a little early to finish packing and then went to Monoprix in Place Kleber to buy some drinks. We stopped in at the same pastry shop as the day before for pain au chocolate before returning to the hotel to check out. The hotel desk called a taxi for us, … Continue reading First Trip to Europe, Day 9 – Strasbourg to Paris, Quick Trip to Versailles, New Year’s Eve
We wanted to see the astronomical clock presentation at mid-day, which requires being in line before 11:30am. We didn't want to leave the hotel too early, as nothing really opens very early anywhere in France. Once we were all dressed and ready, we walked around near the hotel looking for a bakery for breakfast. There … Continue reading First Trip to Europe, Part 8 – Strasbourg
I'd Rather Be Sailing 