Going home

It is January 2nd and we are still not home. We ended up staying in Detroit the night and are heading to Omaha right now... Can't wait to get home...

Back in the US

We arrived about an hour ago at the Detroit airport. The flight was ok except that our tv didn't work so a little hard to make the time pass... Slept some but still have a lot more hours to make up... We didn't sleep much in Europe since we wanted to do as much as possible. We are glad to be going back home and can't wait to see the kids. We have about 6 hours of waiting here before our flight to Omaha, then we will have to decide if we will be awake enough to drive home...

Last day

So we finally got to the end of our journey in Europe. We spent our last day in London and went to Windsor to see the castle. We had lunch at a nice pub and walked around for a while, since it was raining and we are more than ready to go back home we came back to the apartment fairly early and just hung out with Sylvia and Peter. At night we went to a party at one of their friend's house. She has a nice flat and a few people came over. Lots of good food and drinks. We really had fun and it felt like a UN convention since there were 2 German girls (Nicole, Siria), 2 brazilians(Sylvia and I) 1 american (Ben), 1 Australian(Peter), 1 Irish (Cora), 1English (Ryan???)and 2 girls from Guernsey (Emilia, Sally???). It was an interesting night and we really enjoyed it.
It is time to go home and we are really ready for it. It has been and AMAZING trip but there is no place like home and we really miss our boys...

Our hosts

Of course Ben did not want to be in the picture... He only took them... Thank you Katia, Patrice, Marie, Clement...

Last day in Paris

We are getting ready to go to the airport and head back to London... Went to the Eiffel Tower again this morning to get more pictures during the day... Awesome trip!!!

Wow

What a day! We started with a breathtaking view of the Eiffel Tower with the sun going up behind it. Then we went to Montmartre and saw the Sacred Heart Church that is on top of the hill. Beautiful church and gorgeous view. Lots of little shops around and of course all the artists from Plaza Tertre. We even had an artist draw a Cubist picture of the 2 of us. We ate at a cafe in the area and walked down the hill and saw Moulin Rouge. From there we went back downtown to Lafayette so Cristiana could buy something for Fabiana. We the went to another cafe where she got me some champagne since apparently one cannot leave France without trying some real good champagne. It was great to see her again and be able to catch up. Also, she is a great tour guide... We learned a lot from her... We said our goodbyes and Ben and I went to Notre Dame and went inside this time, what a beautiful and awe striking place to see. Totally worth the wait. We walked around the Latin Quarter and also saw Le Sorbonne.... Everything g is so different and beautiful, we are enjoying it a lot. For our last night in Paris we went to a Belgium Bar to see our hostess, Katia singing. It was a lot of fun, I tried some traditional Belgium food and believe it or not, Belgium beer which came in a little boot and I convinced the bartender to let me keep it... Perfect souvenir!!! This was a great experience, especially to stay with a typical French family... Love everything! Sunday is our last day in Paris so I will write again. From London...

Paris 2

Our second day in Paris was another wonderful day! We started the day with the Louvre and ended with me making crepres... We saw a lot of things, this is truly a dream come true. Notre Dame, Montparnasse, Paris Opera House, the1st City Hall, the place where Marie Antoinette was imprisoned, Lafayette Gallery... We ate at a traditional Parisian restaurant and it was great, even Ben found something to eat...
We came 'home' earlier so that we could have dinner with our hosts. It was a great dinner an Pat even made a nice plate of scrambled eggs for Ben who bravely tried the food they offered. Katia showed me how to make crepe and I bravely tried to make one with her help... Not too successful though...