Blogs from France, Europe - page 1585

The rest of our stay in Paris really was fun. We ate ridiculously good food and wandered the smaller streets away from the worst of the crowds. One afternoon Dad played a game of pick-up basketball with a group of Senegalese and met an Albanian guy named Philippe who recommended the restaurant Bouteille d’Or on the Rive Gauche with a view of the flying buttress end of Notre Dame. The restaurant turned out to be everything he promised, and more. The scenery was beautiful, the food was exquisite and there was a cat sleeping under one of the tables. Mom and I passed up the Louvre for the Jardin des Plantes, a massive botanical garden/ zoo/ natural history museum/ photo gallery/ traditional French garden. I could have spent days there. Depending on the weather, I definitely ... read more

Today we drove from Holzgerlingen, Germany to Strasbourg, France. We drove through the beautiful Black Forest, famous for cuckoo clocks and Hansel and Gretel. Every February the small Catholic towns surrounding the Black Forest celebrates German Carnaval. The men in every town dress in traditional costumes and the women dress as witches to 'chase away the ghost of winter´. At the end of the festival a scarecrow is burned in the townsquare to symbolize the end of winter and the beginning of summer season. Because of the tradition, the Black Forest is commonly associated with witches--hence the creation of the famous fairytale: Hansel and Gretel! In Strasbourg we visited the Alsace Historical Museaum, La Petit France, the famous Notre Dame cathedral, the European Parlament, the Council of Europe, and the European Court of Human Rights. ... read more

Hi Just a quick entry, the internet is hard to get onto at times and we don't have long today. We just arrived in Cannes, it is beautiful! Going for a quick swim soon before heading off to our hotel near Nice, then to Monaco to hit the casino tonight. Spent the last two nights at a chateau in county France (can't remember the exact name!). The first night was party night, theme 'Bright and Tight', we had lots of fun with that. Second night turned into party night again, them 'Pimps and Pros', Amy and Amy went as pimps and Dana and I were their pros, along with another guy we dressed up in a skirt and makeup. Mum/dad, you might want to ignore this bit :-) We had low cut tops on, a condom ... read more

Hello everyone! Well, we have finally arrive in Paris, France and we have absolutely no idea what the hell is going on! We are your typical tourist who doesn't speak a lick of french. But needless to say slowly but surely we are getting along and also getting a lot of funny looks and laughs. Our flights went great. The flight over here had movies and video games so that kept us entertained, i was able to sleep a bit but justin pretty much stayed up, so we're both beat. Our hotel is interesting, that's always a good word, but there is lots to see around it and there are many fun eateries, cafes and seems to be cheap wine. Tonight we plan on going to the Eiffel Tower for the evening tour....get your money ready ... read more

SO...I don't even know how to begin about this weekend! We woke up early on Saturday and left for Provins, where we got some breakfast (and a sweater because it was freezing) at the market. Then we went up to the medieval area of town. We paid a couple of euros and they let us in the old prison tower. It was amazing. Nothing was closed off to us and we could explore every nook and cranny (probably because its not a real tourist town). Ashley took some video of it, and I have awesome pictures. Ashley and I were retarded and wore our fur lined slippers we had bought the day before out, because our feet were cold, and then it started raining. We were slipping and sliding everywhere, but I only fell down one ... read more