We spent the day (one of the two rainiest) around Regent and Oxford Streets, doing the Christmas shopping thing. We’d never made it to Fortnum and Mason before, so pretty much had to do that to see their windows (I came out with tea and jam, and BF got an ornament). We then back tracked to […]
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Our first full day was our day trip out of London. Here’s where having a friend at our destination was a plus – we were able to drive. (Why that was helpful will become clear with our second destination for the day.) We started out in Oxford. We had a lovely look at the Ashmolean Museum, which
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I guess we’ve got a little case of revenge traveling this year. This is the now the third time I’ve been out of the country in 2023. We booked the trip about two months ago. We decided it would be nice to go to a bigger city for Christmas, and JetBlue is now flying to London,
We had credit with Cirque du Soleil to use up, so we ended up in another French speaking country just two weeks after coming back from France. It’s lovely being able to drive to another country – we went up through the Newport entrance at the top of I91 in Vermont. That part of their
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Bonus street art from our wanders – we didn’t even hit any of the real hot spots. I was really impressed with the variety out there.
Our last full day in Paris, we left as a catch up day. So that ended up being the Musee de Cluny in the morning. I’d initially planned it in our Tuesday wander through the Latin Quarter, and we know how well the timing on that day ended up. Anyway, this museum is housed in
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Friday was Versailles day, and I got a real kick out of P’s reaction as we rounded the corner from the train station to the boulevard that approaches the Palace. It’s big. And you can know it’s big, and still be shocked by how big it is when you actually see it. We had lunch
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Thursday was an incredibly varied day. We started at the Catacombs – that was interesting. It’s very humbling to see all of the bones. I don’t think I’d ever need to go down again, but it was worth seeing once. Our next stop was the Place du Trocadero. You can get a really good view
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We did the Paris by Mouth North Marais tour on this day. It was a great intro to French food. We went to Tout Autour du Pain for baguettes and croissants – they’ve won awards for both. We then stopped at Jacques Genin to sample the chocolate and fruit candy (and our guide grabbed some
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Our first full day got a little off kilter because we slept a lot later than we should have. We’re not entirely sure we’d fly through Iceland again. The flights were great, and being able to go through immigration at Keflavik airport instead of Charles de Gaulle were definitely an advantage. The extra travel time
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