Geo: 48.8566, 2.35097Sunday, June 1:Well, we slept in today till 8! yahoo! really slow morning, got out of the apt. ~11:30ish. Our first stop was the Fat Tire place so Dad could have them check out his camera and download his pictures to a CD. This took a while then we walked to the Duplieux Metro station and caught the RER A to St. Germain en Laye, saw the castle that was used by the Kings of France till Louis the 14th had Versailles fixed up when he became an adult. This was an anthropological museum, no tour of the castle.... we could obviously see some of it and of course got to walk up lots of stairs as was our habit :-).. also got to see a real moat that was outside and a beautiful ... read more

Geo: 48.8566, 2.35097Well, we've been so busy that I haven't been able to get to a computer for 4 days! I'm going through withdrawals! my Echo pals know what I mean :).I'll have to catch up on our itinerary when I get home as we are leaving tomorrow, we went to Normandy yesterday and I know I have a whole new appreciation for what our Greatest Generation did for us in WW2, amazing!!! definitely had some tears at Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery. I came away thinking that every American should make that visit. Freedom was definitely not free....Today we walked the Marais, it's the Jewish and "gay" quarter. Had a falafel at the famous L'as du Fallafel, then on to the Il de St. Louis for gelato at Amorinos, yummy!! Visited Victor Hugo's home ... read more

Geo: 48.8566, 2.35097We are here and took a little nap after taking a taxi to the apartment. We also found Fat Tire Bike Tours office and am obviously on the internet! After our nap, we found a grocery store maybe 50 feet from our apt. got a few things for the fridge, have realized we forgot a few more things so will be stopping at a Boulangerie ? for some yummy French bread! Made our way to La Tour Eiffel, BIG! some long lines waiting to get up, not too surprising the line to walk up the stairs was very short.... that's the one I'm voting for, we'll see.... anyway I won't be on here too long as I'm feeling pretty loopy it's 5:07 pm which is 9 hours ahead of Washington so I've been up ... read more

Geo: 46.2741, -119.274It's 12 days and counting, Lots of last minute details to wrap up such as getting this TravelPod up and running. Looking forward to being able to use an American keyboard in Paris this year compared to the European one in Italy last year! It took a few Euros trying to figure that out! I'm planning on using the ones at Fat Tire Bike Tours in Paris, they are owned by Americans I believe and you can use their facilities to get on the internet, so hopefully all will go well with posting this trip. If not I'll do the best I can!... read more

Geo: 46.2741, -119.274Back again! Thought I'd fill in the gaps and then finish out the trip. So sorry about all the misspellings and wrong grammar! I was paying by the minute and had to be fast, that with the different keyboard really had me! are those excuses good enough?? :) May 31:Mauro, our apt. manager met us at the airport when we arrived. A little apprehensive/ curious about the upcoming ride into Roma, as we had heard about the driving.... He drove 120 km and a little faster. I guess that's 80 and above... people were passing us.... no turn-signaling to change lanes by anyone, motorcycles just drive inbetween the cars, not in their own lanes.....Found Piazza Navona, went into some churches there, walked into the Pantheon, WOW! very impressive, Campo Di'Fiore...June1:Took a bus to the ... read more