We started the day on a somber note with a visit to the Anne Frank House. Honestly, this probably wasn’t age appropriate for our crew, but it was a must see for me. As a young teenager, I checked out Anne Frank’s diary from the library to read it and re-read. I felt that Anne was a kindred spirit. Separate…
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Art Museums of Amsterdam
The Canals of Amsterdam We weren’t very far into our first day in Amsterdam, when we realized we had a problem. It started as we were nearing the garage near the Rijksmuseum when our GPS lost power. Easily enough, we found the garage, and parked for our day at the museum. But, then we discovered a bigger problem. We had…
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A Blustery Day at Versailles and Chartres Cathedral
The Golden Gates of the Palace of Versailles Back on track with our itinerary, and due to have a whirlwind day thanks to our Disney detour. Our first stop was the palace of Versailles. The visit turned out to be somewhat disappointing, though not the fault of Versailles, but rather the weather. Overnight, a wild weather system had descended upon…
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Une Suprise Magique
“So, what should we do today?” Gary and I wondered quietly in the hotel bathroom. Our itinerary had scheduled us to go Versailles in the morning, but after checking the web we had learned that Versailles is closed on Mondays. Suddenly, we had a whole day open in Paris and we needed to decide what to do. The previous night…
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Rainy Notre Dame
We had just finished lunch at the Louvre and we were finally starting to feel our eyes relax from the hours of looking at art. We stepped out into the dreary day to walk towards Notre Dame Cathedral. On the map it seemed to be a short walk from the Louvre, but we neglected to consider the scale of the…
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