Page 3 of Steph and Sherrie 08 Travel Blog Posts


Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris July 22nd 2008

Day started off slow. Both of us could have slept for many hours more, however, we dragged our butts out of bed at 9:00. Steph was certain it was only 3am. The slow start may have led to us missing our 10:22 am train by about 2 minutes. Oh well, we did not stress. We are on holidays. Took the opportunity to walk around another part of town (Gare du Nord) for 2 hrs until the next train left. We took a 50 minute train to Arras and then a taxi to Vimy Ridge. We did a tunnel tour, walked around the trenches and looked at the monument. It is beautiful. The tunnels were much bigger than expected. Rather scary when you realize how many undetonated things there are on the grounds. Trust me, we did ... read more
Vimy Ridge Tunnel System - Grange Tunnel
Tomb
Sherrie and Steph at Vimy

Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris July 21st 2008

I arrived in Paris this morning. My flight was good and I managed to get a little sleep on the plane. There seemed to be a lot of stairs between the airport and our hotel. I was really glad to drop off my pack. I first went to the Eiffel Tower but did not go up it. There were a million other people who were ahead of me in line. I took a boat tour down the Seine and ended up at Notre Dame. I climbed to the top of the tower and could see out over much of the city. Sherrie arrived around 10:00pm. We headed to the Eiffel Tower to see the twinkling lights come on at 11:00pm. Tomorrow we are heading to Vimy Ridge. Steph... read more
Gargoyle - Notre Dame
Eiffel Tower

North America » Canada » Ontario July 13th 2008

1. July 21 - Meet in Paris. Spend 2 nights. Day trip to Vimy Ridge. 2. Interlaken, Switzerland. Spend 1 night. 3. Gimmelwald, Switzerland. Spend 4 nights at the Mountain Hostel. 4. Salzburg, Austria. Spend 2 nights. 5. Ljubljana, Slovenia. Spend 2 nights. Go to Skocjan Caves. http://www.park-skocjanske-jame.si/eng/caves.shtml 6. Venice, Italy. Spend 1 night. 7. Rome, Italy. Spend 2 nights. 8. Nice and Monaco. 9. Spain - 4 days (Probably spend a lot of our time in Barcelona. 10. Portugal - 4 days 11. Fly out of Faro, Portugal to Shannon, Ireland on Aug 16. 12. Southern Ireland. Spend a week travelling along the southern coast. 13. Fly out of Dublin on August 23. Sherrie to Birmingham. Steph to London. 14. Meet up in Birmingham on Aug 26. 15. Fly home together August 27. ... read more




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