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Christmas and we've received almost 2' of snow, and more forecast!

posted: 12.25.2008

Top 5s from EuroTrip 2008

Museums

David

1. Tate Modern, London

2. Musee d'Orsay, Paris

3. Victoria & Albert Museum, London

4. Natural History Museum, London

5. British Museum, London

 

Angie

1. Louvre, Paris

2. Musee d'Orsay, Paris

3. Victoria & Albert Museum, London

4. Dali Universe, London

5. British Museum, London

 

Religious Sights

David

1. ruins at St. Wandrille, Normandy

2. St. Catherine's church, Honfleur, Normandy

3. Notre Dame Cathedral, Rouen

4. the Crypt, Basilique St. Denis, Paris

5. the Abbey, Mont Saint Michel, Normandy

 

Angie

1. Notre Dame Cathedral, Rouen

2. Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris

3. Sainte Chapelle, Paris

4. the Abbey, Mont Saint Michel, Normandy

5. Sacre Coeur, Paris

 

Sights/Activities

David

1. Etretat

2. London Eye

3. rally tour of Italian countryside

4. Marie-Antoinette's hamlet at Versailles

5. Nice beaches

 

Angie

1. Versailles

2. Honfleur

3. Opera Garnier

4. rally tour of Italian countryside

5. Big Ben at night

 

Meals

David

1. bouillabaisse, Nice

2. escargots; duck and creme brulee, Rouen 

3. croissants from a boulangerie, Nice

4. ink-squid ravioli stuffed with crayfish, London

5. pizza, Limone Piemonte, Italy

 

Angie

1. foie gras; salmon; cheese platter; chocolate mousse, Rouen

2. gnocchi in a spinach cream sauce, London

3. escargots; skate (type of ray); cheese platter, Dieppe

4. tiramisu and l'iminitable (Nutella) gelato, Amorino Gelato, Nice

5. mussels, Nice

posted: 06.24.2008

Updates at last from continental Europe

I've finally gotten around to updating the log (day before I fly home, naturally)...and the photos should be along shortly.

posted: 06.24.2008

Read all about it! Literally.

Uploaded all the images for the last 8 days into their respective galleries, as well as put in our travel log. I apologize in advance for my long-windedness. --Angie

posted: 06.07.2008

Day 20

Finished sightseeing around Niagara Falls - moving on down through upstate New York to visit relatives in northern Pennsylvania tomorrow.

posted: 05.20.2008