We all met in the breakfast room at our hotel in Versailles and enjoyed their buffet. It was a combination of the traditional French breakfast of cheeses, breads, yogurt with a few hot dishes as well, such as scrambled eggs, sausages and way to salty bacon. The rain had not yet stopped in fact it was pouring, which would make long drive back to Paris in the rain. We checked out and were on the road about 10:30. The original plan was to drop the car off, then go to a wine tasting at 3 then pick up another zip car to drive to Rouen to have dinner at La Couronne (very good food and famous to us because Julia Child had her first meal in France here. Jerry and I decided that it was just ... read more

We woke up to a beautiful sunny Paris day, at last the weather decided to cooperate with us. We had enough time before our first event to have breakfast together in the breakfast room. We were a bit late meeting the girls, but we still had plenty of time to make our way to the one museum on tap for the day. It was Saturday and we had a day full of things very associated with Paris, at least for me they are. We would go from Rodin, to macaroons, to the oldest restaurant in Paris. Rodin The first stop was the Rodin Museum. When we were in Pairs only the gardens were opened as the house was being renovated. This time all was open, but we started with a nice stroll through the ... read more

Today Jerry and I would take different paths. Jerry was off to the Cite de L’architecture du Patrimoine (Architecture museum) this is located in the Trocadero across the Seine from the Eifel Tower. I was off to the Orsay Museum with Christina & Jourdan. This is my favorite museum in Paris because of the concentration of impressionist and new-impressionist, everything from Monet to Van Gough and back again. It was a raining morning so it was good we were going to be in the Museum most of the morning. I don’t really have much to say, but have several pictures, it is hard to narrow them down, but I posted only my favorites, which could have easily been all of the Van Gough’s. The other reason I enjoy this museum is that it is pretty easy ... read more

If you know me or have read any of my prior blogs, you know we love train travel, yes at times it is difficult but 92% of the time it is a great experience. This journey is not different, other than I am currently a little warm in the TGV to Paris, that is only because I am by the window with the sun on me, the car itself is comfortable and there is always some more Rose to drink to keep me cool. After our side trip to Sintra and our soccer mania at our hotel, we made our way to the train station and waited for our overnight to Irun. Irun is just on the Spanish/French Boarder, now really want to go to Hendaye on the French side as that is where we transfer ... read more

We had a full day planned, but Jerry was sleeping so soundly, I just let him sleep while I finished up yesterday’s blog. We finally got going around noon. The original plan was to go to the Museu De Berardo and the Mosteiro dos Jeromimos, then head up the hill to the Alto da Ajuda area for brunch in the Botanical gardens of Ajuda. With our late start we headed straight to brunch at Estufa Real, a converted green house in the gardens. They severe lunch every day but on Sunday’s have a brunch from noon to 4. To get there we had planned on getting on tram 18, but it does not run on Sundays, so instead we took the 760 bus which took us to the Palacio da Ajuda and then walked down to ... read more