A Few Days in France

Emily and Owen asked us repeatedly to go to Paris.  They wanted to take the train from Frankfurt, but paying 200 euro a head made driving the four and a half hours a better option.  I found a little apartment on the Seine River in a very small town Villennes sur Seine.  We did take a 20 minute train ride into the city both days.

We started the trip with a food tour.  We learned about how the strawberries, which are currently in season, originated in South America.

We walked down a movie-set like street and tried cheeses in a Fromagerie.  We learned how the food selection of the cow, sheep, or goat affects the taste of the cheese.

Emily worked on her journal at an adjacent cafe.

Chocolate came next.  Magic bells, rather then a bunny, bring candy eggs to the kids in France.

We had eclairs at the number three shop in all of Paris.

Owen asked Mary Ellen, "Do you know Amil?" Owen's friend who also traveled to Paris over Spring Break.  "Owen Mary Ellen does not know every person who comes to visit Paris."

Emily very excitedly said "You remind me of my great-grandmother."  Um.  How do I recover from that one.

We spent a few hours at an amazing playground, which we had to walk around like eight times to figure out how to enter.

We tried to stop at the Notre Dame to visit Quasimodo, but the several thousand people standing on the square in front made us say a prayer of thanks we were not staying in the city itself.