The Rathe Family has arrived!...Our great friends are travelling in Europe this summer. We joined forces in Paris...I am not sure the city was prepared for our 4 (combined) girls under the age of 10. The kids were troopers!...It is not an easy city to take in with kids, but they were great! We did all of the necessary sites: Versailles, Notre Dame, The Louvre, Jardin des Tuilleries, Champs-Elysees, Ste. Chappelle and the Eiffel Tower. Bruce found the coolest little family hotel in the outskirts of Paris (Hotel Porte Doree)...a little out of the hub, but quiet, clean, affordable and safe. The Paris subway is easily navigated, even by French-impaired folks, such as ourselves. The following is a quick summary of how we took the town by storm, while still keeping the kids "meltdown" free (kind
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