Paris in the spring

Due to our delay in Newark, we landed in Birmingham on Saturday morning instead of Friday. Matt and I had already booked flights to leave for Paris with Annette and James on Sunday, the very next day. Max and Sam were not included in these plans and we felt pretty wicked leaving my mum and dad with them after just one day. We knew we were pushing it when we thought the boys would have two days to acclimatize. Grandma and Grandad deserve an award.

Off we went feeling footloose and fancy free. I really had forgotten what it is like to go anywhere without packing a daiper bag and I have to say it was fantastic.

Wonderful sunny weather and excellent company made this the perfect little get-away. Too bad the food was so expensive and our French so poor.

Angelina's for breakfast

Melted dark chocolate, otherwise known as chocolat chaud

we walked over 10 miles in two days due to the boys refusing to get a taxi.

The Louvre

Annette blending in with the locals

Notre Dame

And, how old are we??

p.s. the street our hotel was on was lovely during the day but was the homeless capital of Paris at night. The first night we were there James thought that the people all stuffed into the entrance of a fancy dapartment store were camping out waiting for a big sale starting the next morning.

Our Trip to Europe really did happen

I realize that late July is not the best time to report a trip which took place in March but here we go anyway. Armed with much excitement and some seditive for each child we took off for Europe.

An unwelcome delay left us with a missed connection and a 24 hour delay in Newark. I was hopping mad as the plane had not left the gate when we arrived (after a record breaking 2 mile sprint across Newark airport) but the cabin door had been closed and they would not reopen it. Thankfully we had purchased American Express travel insurance so we made the most of our misfortune by booking into the Hilton and ordering a fancy room service meal. We spent the next day in New York City. We visited Ground Zero, some old church next to the Stock Exchange building, an inner city playground and Katz's Deli. A pretty fun day.

The boys were tired out for their flight and slept most of the way.