Random Observations

1. If you thought Janet Jackson brought the nip slip to prime time you are wrong as great artists such as Rembrandt and Manet capture them so famously in paint that they hang inside the Louvre. 2. While the Louvre is already one impressive money making machine by servicing well over 100,000 people a day […]

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Random Observations

1. We have all heard of ‘ladies of the night’ but in Paris they have ladies of the day too. Sadly, we are not talking Elliot Spitzer quality here – think interstate trucker stop action. 2. Followed up my magical beer with some enchanted croissants, bananas and coffee. Lesson learned: qualify how much something costs […]

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Month in Review – June 2011

So we thought, for a couple reasons, we would give all of you a glimpse into the financial side of the trip. First, as we prepared for our grand journey we queried many a site similar to ours trying to find tidbits of useful data such as these to help us frame up a budget […]

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Paris – 7.1 to 7.2

And so we come full circle….a month and approximately 4200 miles after we first began our trip by arriving in Paris and picking up Bitsy, we arrived back in Paris to return Bitsy – it was a bittersweet day and we we’re sad to see her go. Bitsy has been a real trooper: guiding us […]

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Random Observations

1. Battleheart is a must download for iPad if you’ve ever played Zelda or FF – best part, it is free. 2. When people give accolades to the food in France they must really be speaking to the food in Paris. It is much much better than the rest of France. 3. We should have […]

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Lyon – 6.28 to 6.29 and Versailles – 6.30

From Barcelona we headed to Lyon, about a 5 hour drive away. It took as a bit longer than that because we kept stopping at service stations along the way trying to find a wi-fi spot so that we could download a few more episodes of The Wire. Having something to watch makes the long […]

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