On Sunday we woke up to rain, our only weather issue of the week. We had to switch hotels to the one I would be staying in for the rest of the week for work. With a taxi strike and Uber not in service we had no choice but to Continue Reading
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Mountains and Flamenco
After a late night at the theater we got up early to go to Montserrat, which is a mountain about 40 minutes outside of Barcelona. It was higher than we expected, luckily we brought our winter coats, so we were fairly well dressed for the weather. We first toured the Continue Reading
Fat Tire Bike Tour Parte Dos
We loved the Fat Tire Bike Tour in Paris so much that we jumped at the chance to use the same tour company in Barcelona. Quite a bit colder (about 48 deg) and thus a much smaller tour group of just 6 (a very nice family from Perth, Australia joined Continue Reading
Barcelona Orientation
We left Minneapolis at 3:15pm on Wednesday January 16th and arrived in Barcelona on Thursday at noon after a 3 hour layover in Amsterdam. No issues with our travels, other than very limited sleep on the plane. We easily navigated the Barcelona airport and found our Uber driver for a Continue Reading
Not quite ready for Barcelona
Less than 24 hours until Matt and I get on a plane for Barcelona. We aren’t packed yet, but we did manage to find our passports. What more do we need?!
Bonus Post – Charlie Napping Collage
Charlie was a champ and could nap just about anywhere the stroller went or Mommy was. It remind us of Dr. Seuss. Can Charlie sleep on a plane, on a train, on a bus, on a boat, on a funicular, on a bike? Yep! Enjoy.
Day 10 – PARIS Part Deux
Today we went on the “Tour de Paris”. We scheduled a bike riding tour, but didn’t really research how long it would be or where it was going. As it turned out, it was a very comprehensive tour around the sights in the center of Paris and lasted 3.5 hours. Continue Reading
Day 9 – PARIS- Happy Birthday Charles!
Today’s trip to Paris started like most of our train travel, where our train car was on the train, but off limits. So we needed to go find another place to “squat” on the train. Luckily we found 5 seats relatively close together and only one of them were claimed Continue Reading
Day 7/8 – Normandy
After lunch on Sunday, we had time to do one activity in Normandy before dinner, so we decided to go to the Airborne museum which was a tribute to the paratroopers that landed on D-Day. This was a very engaging museum that was technologically advanced as well. Each visitor received Continue Reading
Day 6/7- Mont St Michel
The Mont St. Michel Monastary/Castle is truly amazing! We began our pilgrimage Saturday morning when we traveled from Lorient to Mont St. Michel in the 9 person van. We stopped on the way at Buffalo Grill, which is the French take on the wild west culture. As you approach Continue Reading