6 Country Vacation Starts with France :)

44 People, 29 days, 6 countries....... our 2010 "Amazing Race / Griswold Family" style European Vacation!

First Up...Paris France: Land of the Eiffel Tower, Mona Lisa, Macaroons, Seine River, Champs Elysees, Disneyland Paris, Louis Vuitton, Escargot, Arc de Triomph, Chanel and Beautiful Summer Weather :)

May 30-June 3, 2010

















Disneyland Paris :)









Versailles






On the Eiffel Tower







Laduree in Paris.... Macaroons!


Photo Shoot in Paris























Last night in Paris we all went on a dinner boat cruise down the Seine River









Merci Paris...for allowing us to experience everything the city has to offer in 5 days!
Next up is Venice Italy :)

Can't Lose Sight on What is Real...

"Good to be one of the one in sixty-eight high rollers who won the birth lottery and popped out in a place where the odds of seeing three meals a day was as high as a kite. As long as we didn’t loose sight of what was real and common and fall into the trap of imagining our lives as normal in relation to the rest of the world, then it was okay to indulge. I mean if we didn’t indulge, then who would? The war-torn? The marginalized? The victims of global racism? Hardly. It was up to us, the Anglo-Americans." ~ Joshua Dysart after returning home from Uganda

Smiling... I am Home

"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music" ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Almost Home.....

"Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them," ~Bob Dylan

It's been a long and fun trip....been gone since May 29th and ready to come home!!!



Photos from Venice.....

Paris' First Piano Recital....

Stop music below on the little player to hear Miss Paris.....



She had been practicing Jingle Bells for the past 2 weeks, thinking her teacher would not notice the change in music. Yep, she got called out and had to play the right song. Sneaky girl! Oh, and we forgot her reading glasses and sheet music! Thank goodness another girl had her same book to use, so she could infact perform.