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Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris August 8th 2011

Bienvenue to Paris. Exhaustion and jet lag are not fun things. We arrived in Paris at 9:30am August 7th and were dragging along the rest of the day. Many of the kids did not sleep well on the plane but we wanted them to stay awake so that they could adjust to the time change. So all day it was "hey can you wake up, someone". On trains, in restaurants, against walls, it was a constant thing. Exhaustion is actually why this is getting posted on Tues instead of Mon. I fell asleep trying to write it yesterday. After leaving our bags at the hotel we headed out to the Palace of Versailles. It is about a 30min train ride outside of Paris, but we also had to take the metro to the correct station to ... read more
Statute Impersonators
Palace of Versailles
Group shot at Versailles

North America August 6th 2011

Welcome to the blog for the Saint Margaret Mary World Youth Day group. We are currently sitting in Chicago,IL waiting for our plane to Paris. Our flight here was great and actually the quote of the day goes to Glenn. It was his first plane flight and his response to what he thought about it was "it was a weird sensation". The boys were a little disappointed that we didn't have time to go see Wrigley Field. Maybe next time. Not looking forward to the 8hr flight ahead but really excited about Paris. It should be an interesting time. Bye bye USA. Onto Europe. ... read more




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