I’m back! Here in this online space…and in Canada.
Late Tuesday evening our family returned from an unforgettable spring break trip to Paris. I’m happy to report that it exceeded our expectations!
I’m always aware that trip recaps can be a bit of a snooze fest for others. So, if you’re not into the details, feel free to skip these posts! I get it—someone else’s itinerary doesn’t always make for the most thrilling read.
But I enjoy having a place to document our family adventures, and I love looking back at posts from past trips. (So, I’ll keep sharing detailed recaps is what I’m saying…)
Let’s dive into the first two days of our Parisian adventure.
Day One (Sunday)
Touchdown.
We were officially on French soil, ready to start a 9-day spring break trip to Paris.
Our flights from Nova Scotia to Montreal and then across the Atlantic went smoothly. Nobody slept but glory be we are at a stage of parenting where that’s not really our problem. The kids take themselves to the bathroom whenever the urge strikes, cut their own questionable-looking airplane food, and decide when (and for how long) they will attempt sleep in some horrifically contorted position.
We arrived first thing on Sunday morning and had hours to fill until check-in. We debated doing some touristy things and were even in line at a train station to store our luggage. But with uncertainty about how much time we’d actually have to explore, coupled with the unappealing prospect of spending €5/bag – that would really add up with 4 carry-ons + 4 backpacks! – we opted to make our way via metro toward our apartment on Rue Spontini. En route, we stopped at a ticket booth to sort out a week-long transit pass. One of John’s work colleagues lives in Paris and she recommended we get a weekly Navigo Découverte card and this ended up being a huge win. For €36.5/person, we were able to get unlimited access to trains, metros, funiculars, trams, and buses (for Zones 1-5). Here are some important details:
- You must have a 3 x 2.5 colour photo to attach to the card. Before leaving Canada we took “headshots” against a neutral background and formatted them to size in a single document. Joy kindly printed that off on regular printer paper (we don’t have a colour printer). I cut them to size and had them at the ready when we arrived at the ticket booth. Alternatively, you can buy photo-booth headshots at many train stations, but that will cost a lot more than printing them off at home.
- Regardless of when you purchase the week-long ticket, it ONLY works from Monday to Sunday. Since we arrived on a Sunday, we purchased a Navigo Découverte for the “following” week.
- The pass is actually only €31.5/person (the kids each needed their own and there were no discounts because of their age), but there is a €5 fee for the card. If you’re staying in Paris for more than a week, you can simply reload the same card without having to pay the €5 fee.
- This pass DOES work for the RER train to/from the airport. Again, it’s important to note that the weekly pass is not 7 consecutive days, it follows a Monday-Sunday schedule. We arrived on a Sunday and left on a Tuesday so couldn’t make use of the Navigo pass for airport transfers. We ended up using Uber to/from the airport since it worked out to be the same price as buying RER tickets and was a lot more convenient.
By the time we arrived at the metro stop nearest our apartment it was…10:30 am. Check-in was 3 pm. *Sigh*
Watching cars on Avenue Foch
We did do a quick Google search for near-by luggage storage options but they were all closed (that’s Sunday in Paris for you). In the end we opted to sit on a bench along Avenue Foch which leads directly into the roundabout at the Arc de Triomphe.
Out of all the things we did in Paris, this time spent at Avenue Foch ranked second in Indy’s highlights. Why, one might reasonably ask? Because our favourite ten-year-old spent two hours looking for/identifying fancy cars! Thank goodness it was warm and the forecasted rain didn’t materialize. Every time he spotted a Ferrari or an Aston Martin or a Bentley or a Porche he was like a kid on Christmas morning.
Eventually the rest of us started to tire of car watching and wandered toward our apartment, stopping at a small grocery store en route to get some picnic/breakfast supplies. While John and the kids went in search of a bathroom, I sat with our bags on the stoop of the building. At 2 pm, we finally got the all-clear. It was such a relief to change out of travel clothes! We spent an hour or so unpacking and organizing our home-away-from-home and then it was time to explore!
Great views of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
Our first stop was Avenue de Camoëns for what was purported to be some of the best views of the Eiffel Tower in the city. There were all sorts of photographers taking pictures at the top of the staircase by the monument to Luís de Camões. The view was fine but it was fairly crowded and the views from Rue de Longchamp were equally good!
We kept strolling toward the river until we reached Pont de Bir-Hakeim (Pont = Bridge). This bridge offers nice views of the tower and the weather was perfection. This was the only time all week that I could walk around without a coat and it felt glorious.
We didn’t have any scheduled plans for Sunday since we didn’t know how long it would take to get situated at the AirBnB. That gave us the rest of the day to wander and it seems fitting we ended up at the base of the Eiffel Tower.
Visiting Musee d’Art Moderne
I think the kids were both surprised by the true scale of the Eiffel Tower (over 1,000 feet!). In need of bathrooms we popped back across the Seine and stopped in at Musee d’Art Moderne Paris. Entry to the museum is free but it was nearly closing time so we didn’t look at much beyond La Fée Electricité (a giant mural that was both interesting and impressive) and a handful of Matisse pieces. Mostly we appreciated access to free, clean bathrooms. (Special thanks to Daria – I’d never heard of this museum until I read the recap posts from her trip to Paris trip last year!)
It was starting to mist and the kids energy levels were fading. We stopped at a Pret a Manger for salad (me), quiche (John), and classic Parisian baguette sandwiches for the kids. To keep morale high we stopped at the next patisserie that crossed our path – Sophie Lebreully. We all chose different treats, and they were all delicious. My coffee mousse cake ended up being one of my favourite sweets from the entire trip.
We had debated getting tickets to climb to the top of the Arc de Triomphe but wisely decided to wait for another night. Everyone was tired and ready for hot showers, comfortable pajamas, and recumbent beds instead of airplane seats.
On the walk back to our apartment Indy managed to squeeze in just a bit more bench time – in full view of one of the most recognizable landmarks in the world, he only had eyes for sports cars.
Day Two (Monday)
With no alarms to wake us up – we had opted for a purposefully unscheduled first full day – the kids were more than happy to sleep in. Eventually we roused them (about 11 am?), and after everyone had done their morning ablutions, we headed off for a day of adventuring.
My biggest “regret” from my first trip to Paris was not spending more time in Montmartre. It’s a uniquely magical part of the city, so we headed there first.
There was some light rain when we left the apartment, but thankfully it never developed into anything major. (I was feeling very pessimistic when I looked out on the street and saw all the cars were using their windshield wipers at full speed, but the rain had mostly stopped by the time we got going for the day.)
A self-guided walking tour of Montmarte
Our metro stop was directly across from Moulin Rouge which is looking rather barren since the windmill toppled in a storm last year. After getting the kids some breakfast – a pain au chocolat – we headed to 54 Rue Lepic which was Theo and Vincent van Gogh’s apartment in Paris. John is a huge fan of van Gogh and it was a fun stop for our family, but it is a just a blue door and a plaque so don’t be expecting too much if you go out of your way to visit it!
We had to take the kids to Le Passe-Muraille, a cheeky statue that brings to life a French short story (by Marcel Aymé) about a man who can walk through walls, opts to use this ability for nefarious purposes, and receives his comeuppance when exiting a compromising situation and losing his supernatural ability mid-stride.
We strolled up Rue de l’Abreuvoir, one of the most picturesque streets in Paris, and stopped to admire La Maison Rose. It wasn’t open when we were there, so it was easy to get a picture of this quaint little pink cafe.
We passed by Vigne du Clos Montmartre (the only vineyard within Paris – it is tiny!), and Au Lapin Agile Cabaret (a popular spot for artists like van Gogh and Picasso throughout the years).
Skyline view of Paris from Sacré-Cœur
The kids were understandably hungry so we stopped at a cafe for savoury crepes, some strong café au lait (for the adults and Indy) and a hot chocolate for Belle. With full bellies we headed to Sacré-Cœur. Visiting this basilica was such a highlight of our 2019 trip and we wanted the kids to have the opportunity to experience the same birds-eye views of Paris. Since the line for dome access was deserted (entry to the basilica is free, but you have to pay to climb to the top of the dome), we started there. I worried the kids would complain about the very tight, very twisty, borderline claustrophobic 292 stairs it takes to reach the top but they contented themselves with counting the steps.
What a beautiful landscape view of Paris! We had the various viewing platform mostly to ourselves. This was one of those “pinch me – am I dreaming?” moments of the trip.
There was a scale model of the basilica and look at what Indy honed in on…the miniature cars. FYI, I can let you in on a little secret – you’ll find a mini Audi jaunting down one of these tiny streets.
We walked through the interior of Sacré-Cœur, and then headed to the park directly behind the the basilica (Parc Marcel Bleustein). It was a great spot to stop, sit, and rest for a few minutes.
Indy enjoyed a climbing wall at a nearby playground and then we took the funicular down (and then back up again – it’s included in the Navigo pass!), which made quick work of the steep hill.
Finding the Sinking House of Montmarte
Of course we had to see the “sinking house of Montmartre” (Rue Maurice Utrillo/Rue Lamark).
And then…we wandered!
Street art in Paris
Wandering is such a delight in this part of Paris. There are adorable cafes everywhere you look and in Montmartre the street art is plentiful which kept the kids surprisingly well entertained.
Moulin de la Galette – this spot was most famously immortalized in Renoir’s Bal du moulin de la Galette (which we got to see a few days later!).
What wasn’t a surprise was the wall of “I Love You” (Le mur des le t’aime), which is covered in the phrase I love you in 250 languages. Any hint of physical and verbal PDA is unthinkably awful at this stage in her teens, so Belle was not impressed with this stop. We found the phrase in English, snapped a few pictures and hurried along 😉
Our last stop was for Indy – a colourful basketball court in Pigalle. I was hoping to find someone had left behind a ball; with none to be found, the kids decided cartwheels were in order. They really enjoyed hanging out at this spot.
Eventually we navigated to a free washroom (it always felt like a miracle when we did indeed find elusive free toilets), and then took a metro to the Latin Quarter.
Hidden Gems in Paris’ Latin Quarter
Our first stop was a Canadian bookstore (The Abbey Bookshop); we made note of both the name and the maple leaf flag hanging above the door. The kids had a lot more energy than their mother and Indy was happy to expend some playing various rounds of hopscotch.
We stopped for sustenance at Odette, a tiny patisserie that only sells cream puffs and has an adorable exterior. The pistachio and coffee choux (the flavours I tried) were divine, and the rest of the family declared their flavours (caramel, chocolate) equally delicious. We ate them in Square René Viviani, a tiny park that overlooks Notre Dame. It all felt like a dream.
Thankfully it wasn’t a dream and we moved on to Shakespeare and Company. The line to get in was long and the kids didn’t give two hoots. So we crossed the river to Île de la Cité and took the requisite pictures of Notre Dame, before wandering on to Collège des Bernardins, a medieval building from the 13th century. There’s not a lot to see, but it’s free, they have clean washrooms in the basement, and there is a little cafe so you can stop for a bite to eat (we didn’t, just throwing that out there).
The kids spotted some recessed nooks and requested a photo shoot. It appears as though “statue poses” are a new travel tradition (they did the same thing last year in Barcelona)?
Next we stopped at Church of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, which I added to the list because I thought the spiral staircase flanking the altar looked beautiful. It was even lovelier in person.
We skipped by the Pantheon (it costs to go inside and we didn’t bother), and ended up at the Medici Fountain inside Luxembourg Gardens. I regret not getting back to this spot during the day as it’s a beautiful green space in the heart of the city. I had some snacks in my purse which I doled out to the kids, and we made our way (via metro) to the Arc de Triomphe.
Sunset views from the Arc de Triomphe
Since the weather was nice and it was nearing sunset, why not try to get tickets for the top? We could not have scripted the evening better if we had tried. The weather was still mild, the setting sun was gorgeous, and we arrived mere minutes before the Eiffel Tower turned on for the night. I captured the moment on video and it was one of my favourite experiences of the entire trip. Pure magic.
…and Indy looked for cars. Seriously. That was it. I don’t think he gave a single, fleeting glance in the direction of the Eiffel Tower. Fair enough; to each their own.
It was a short walk home from the Arc and we made sandwiches with supplies we had picked up at a nearby grocery store. By this point in the day we had climbed 56 flights of stairs and everyone collapsed into bed exhausted but content.
Distance Walked (Days 1-2): 30.02 km | 41,880 steps | 64 flights
Your turn. What’s the best dessert you’ve enjoyed so far in 2025? How would you fill two hours spent on a roadside bench?
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Oh you are making such wonderful memories with your family! I love your trip recaps and photos 🙂
Thanks, Colleen. It is so special to know the kids will carry these experiences with them for the rest of their lives. I don’t think they’ll ever forget this trip. I know I won’t!
Oh what a gift to see that beautiful city (again)!!!!
I know the exact playground behind Sacre Coeur – we played there, too :))
I am so happy to see the pictures, your kids are adorable and gorgeous!
That’s so fun that your kids played at the same playground. Indy LOVED it. And thanks again for posting your recaps. I went through them all and gathered all sorts of suggestions; the giant mural was very impressive!
Looks magical, exactly how I’d envision Paris if I went there for a spring break. Thanks for sharing your photos.
It really was magical, Ally! There is something so unique about Paris. A je ne sais quoi that you don’t find anywhere else.
I’ve been looking forward to this trip recap! Your photos and descriptions combine to make my favourite kind of trip recap — enough atmospheric detail to make me feel like I’m there with you, along with practical tips like the free museums/bathroom availability! The photos from “just wandering” are my favourite although I love, love, love the architecture of St. Etienne. We went to mass there on a trip in February 2020 (just before the world shut down) and I remember walking up and down the side aisles with a squirming toddler Cece, admiring those spiral staircases. So beautiful!
Awww. Thanks! I’m glad you enjoy my trip recaps. What good is a travel summary if it doesn’t involve practical information on bathrooms? It can really dominate a trip when you have kids in tow!
St. Etienne was beautiful. The kids sat in the chairs and enjoyed a rest while John and I wandered around enjoying the architecture.
Elisabeth, I am here for your Paris vacation recap, as detailed as possible, please! This sounds like a magical vacation! All the photos had me gasping and smiling. Everything is so charming! How many hours difference is there from where you live to Paris? Well, I need to look at your wonderful photos again. Maybe several times! I’m glad you’re back to the blog and I can’t wait to hear more!
Thanks, Michelle!
The time changed in Canada while we were away (and the time doesn’t change in Paris until the end of the month), so there were 4 hours difference for us during this trip. Adjusting back at home hasn’t been too bad so far, and our sleep would have been messed up anyway with daylight savings (ugh).
Wow! Isn’t it great that the unstructured time on Sunday just sitting on a bench led to such great memories for Indy? It’s so funny how you can plan a great itinerary, but it’s really the things you stumble on or don’t plan that make a trip!
I couldn’t love it more if I tried. He had to think long and hard about whether Disneyland (DISNEY!) or watching cars was his favourite activity. The simplest things often have the biggest impact. And I so agree about stumbling upon things. “Hidden gems” I call them and they really make my day when I’m on a trip.
You’re home! I just called Rob in to look at your photos. I’m so excited to go *marks Montmartre down as must-wander*
All these photos are fantastic and just as Indy was admiring the cars, I admired your (and Belle’s) mascara. LOL. I’ve got to be me. But I have been waiting for you to get home and recap! I’m looking forward to more, more, more.
Nicole, you will LOVE Montmartre. In fact you will love all of it and I know that Rob plans things so well. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SO MUCH FUN IN PARIS. CAN I COME WITH YOU??? I miss it already.
You know I am not too good with makeup, but I am still loving the e.l.f. tubing mascara (IT NEVER SMUDGES); Belle has mad skills with her mascara and actually uses two different kinds layered on top of each other. She doesn’t use a curler or anything and her lashes always look amazing and curled. Yes, I’m jealous.
Amazing pics! I hate getting somewhere hours before we can have a room – I desperately need to wash my face and change once we’re off the plane. I would go to the Van Goghs just for that blue door, and that mural is breathtaking.
After a flight all I want to do is get into clean clothes and change my shoes. Ugh. Airplanes make me feel so gross.
The blue door is gorgeous! Montmartre is so picturesque. Gah – I love it!
Thanks so much for the lovely pictures. I’m looking forward to more.
Welcome back! I so very much enjoy your travel blogs both for your beautiful pictures, but also for what you did (and didn’t do) and the stories and memories. Paris looks amazing!!
I have been trying to make dessert special again, so I haven’t had anything truly memorable in 2025 yet. At some point, some dessert is going to grab my eye (or mind!) and it will be amazing (I hope!)!
I love the idea of “making dessert special”. I felt that way in Paris and now that I’m home I am so excited to eat salads and fruit. All the special treats were amazing, but I need a break from them. I hope your first great dessert of 2025 blows your proverbial socks off <3
Welcome home!
Thanks for sharing the gorgeous pix of your trip! I can’t wait to get the rest of the story.
How many countries has your cute raincoat been to?
What a great question, Birchie.
The coat was purchased right before our trip to Rome in 2023; it has since gone to the United States, Portugal, Spain and now France. So, including Canada, it has visited 6 countries. I wonder how many I can tick off the list while it’s still looking clean and crisp?!
Welcome back! You’ve been missed!
Travel recaps are fun to read! I’m looking forward to the rest of them, and it’s extra fun to me as I’ve been to Paris three times but haven’t seen a ton of the touristy stuff. My sister lived there and visiting her and her family was always the highlight – I am very familiar with the playgrounds near where they lived and the best places to go trainspotting! (I have been to several of the really big places but not to the number of places one might imagine when I say “I’ve been there three times.”)
Awww. Thanks for such kind words. I’ve missed being here.
I had no idea you had family that had lived in Paris. What a great way to really “see” the true culture of a place, when you have someone local to be your guide. And sometimes the touristy things are over-rated!
Wow. This looks amazing. Love the pictures. Wise to start the first day off by letting everyone sleep late. Mini flies to Paris tomorrow for the weekend with a few friends (from Florence). You guys almost crossed paths. For some reason I thought your trip was planned for the summer. I don’t do dessert much (damn celiac), but I have some lemon GF cookies that I made and those are pretty tasty – light too. I’m glad you had a great trip.
I hope Mini has the best time (though Florence isn’t a shabby place to be either)!!
Oh I love this! What an amazing recap 🙂 I am hoping to go to Paris this year but now I wish I could just go to Paris on a trip organized by you because this looks DELIGHTFUL! You also look so happy in your photos, I know you must have been tired but seeing your travel family on travel adventures makes me so happy as well. I am so glad you are bloggy back and looking forward to reading the rest of your adventures.
Ha! I do put a lot of time and effort into the planning, but also have to give full credit to my family that is pretty willing to follow along with my itinerary. We travel well together (thank goodness!!).
I hope you have a fabulous time in Paris, though I can’t really imagine how someone wouldn’t – what a magical city!!! (Have you been before?)
I love this so much!!! Your photos are beautiful. There is so, so much to see in Paris. You’re off to a good start! I’m amazed that the kids are so engaged and well behaved- I envision a lot of complaining if I tried to take a trip like this. Anyway- can’t wait for the next installment! Glad you’re back : )
I have to give credit to the kids – they really are great travelers. I think the years of doing LONG family walks has paid off. Also, we do a lot of word games when we walk so we do work at keeping them engaged. But mostly, it is just 1000x easier now that they’re older! And, I try to intersperse “boring adult things” with cool “kid-friendly” stuff to keep everyone satisfied.
The complaining was almost exclusively about getting up in the morning (and that was mostly from the teen, shocking I know).
core memories being made here!! Scenery looks gorgeous and you really have such a gift for photography!
I reflected on that a lot this trip – both kids are at an age where they will never forget these things. And it really is special to make “big” memories like this with the kids while they are still both home and young enough to flexibly travel.
Yayyyy – you’re back! For some reason, I forgot you guys had planned this trip and I am living vicariously through these recaps.
I am tentatively planning a trip to Paris in the fall (tentatively meaning we’re trying to decide if we want to do London/Paris or just London), so I’ve already marked down some of these places to visit to add into our itinerary if we have time!
We actually thought of doing a day trip to London, but ended up opting to just stay in Paris the whole time (no regrets, but I’ve never been to London and it is definitely on my to-visit list). Paris was amazing. If you do end up making it there, I’m confident you will love it!
Oh goodness, you’re making me ‘homesick’ for Paris! Beautiful beautiful pictures, I’m glad you had such a wonderful time.
I’m so happy to see that Notre Dame is open again. I’ve been twice, in 1993 and in 2018, and both times it was so dark inside. I had no idea that most of that was soot, and was AMAZED to see pictures of it now that it is clean again! Stunning and so full of light. I love Montmartre too, my cousin and I went twice. It was very crowded when we were there though, a little overwhelming. I liked the side streets a lot, away from the crush. I wish I had known Van Gogh’s house was on Rue Lepic, we walked right by there, I even took a picture of the street sign because there was a wonderful tiny French restaurant in San Francisco for 30 or 40 years by that name.
I really want to go back to Paris soon…
I heard about how dark Notre Dame had been; now it is white and glistening! I’m sorry it took a devastating fire to bring that about, but it was lovely.
Montmarte is my favourite area of Paris FOR SURE. So much Parisian ambience; I love the streets and the art and the food and the general sense of magic. We went on a Monday (no problem) and again on Sunday (SO MANY PEOPLE), so I think the day of the visit makes a huge difference.
I hope you get back to Paris so soon!
Yay that you had a wonderful trip! Love this recap of your first couple of days. What wonderful little places you found – I’m curious, did you research and plan those places before coming, or just wander so thoroughly through Montmarte that you came upon them by chance? Last time my friend and I visited montmartre we were about 22, and we got approached by a paedaphile who showed us a folder of disgusting photos, my friend screamed at “Bad man!”- and we got out of there. So it would be nice to go back and actually enjoy the visit.
I did research things I wanted to do in Montmartre. Some things John and I did when we visited in 2019 so those were easy to think through, some I added to the list because I’d never heard of them before and was intrigued and/or I thought the kids would like them. And then a few things we just stumbled on. But, for the most part, I’d say 80% of our stops on a trip are planned.
I’m so sorry you had such a HORRID experience. That would really rattle me. I hope you get to return soon and have a much better experience in Montmartre.
What a wonderful trip, Elisabeth. Unforgettable memories. I loved all the pictures, and you can never take enough pictures of the Eiffel Tower! 🙂
I was surprised to hear that Indy drinks coffee (café au lait) already, while Belle opts for hot chocolate 😉 but both must have been delicious in Paris!
I have a funny story from Notre Dame. Jon and I visited Paris in 2003 (I think) and we wanted to go to Notre Dame. We left our hostel and I already had to use the bathroom but I thought I’d be able to find a restroom along the way. No such luck! We got to Notre Dame (so impressive!) and all I can think about was how much I had to pee… I couldn’t really enjoy it. I didn’t find a restroom until we got back to the hostel and so whenever I think of Notre Dame, I think about the worst “having-to-pee” situation in my life. Clearly, I need to go back and remedy that LOL
Indy does love coffee (eeks). He only had one when we were in Paris and DID find it quite strong. After that he was content with hot chocolates.
San, I love your story because I feel like we have so many travel stories that revolve around bathroom incidents or needing to find a bathroom etc. I CAN RELATE. Notre Dame was beautiful, but if you gotta go…you gotta go and that’s pretty darn distracting. I hope you make it back to Notre Dame one day and get to visit it with an empty bladder.
Holy mackerel, that’s a lot of steps.
Your photos are amazing, that first museum looks SO freaking cool. I love all the photos of your family; you guys are the cutest.
I see that you’ve been to Paris before, but had the kids ever been? Was this their first trip? Were you happy with your rental place?
So many steps, Suz. So many steps. But worth every single one.
This was the kids’ first time to Paris and they LOVED it. John and I went in 2019 and it was such a magical trip that we promised Belle we would aim to get her there before she turned 16 (she turns 14 tomorrow).
Our rental place was great. We were looking for something affordable and close to public transit and that’s exactly what we got. But I would say we are not very picky about where we stay. As long as it’s clean, has a fridge, comfy bed, and isn’t too noisy, we’re generally content.
We did the weekly card for the metro on our first trip to Paris and it worked so well and we also went up the Arc at sunset which as you say, was fabulous. Isn’t the Rood screen in Saint-Étienne-du-Mont amazing? As always great photos.
I learned a new word, Melissa! I’ve never heard of “rood screens” and now I know!
The weekly card was amazing. 100/10 recommend for someone staying for a Monday-Sunday week in Paris.
Through your eyes I feel like I need to see Paris again in real life. Probably not though.
But seriously you crammed in everything in day one. What will happen in the coming days I wonder.
Oh, what lovely pictures, and what a lovely time you must have had as a family. I cannot believe how big the kids are getting – they seem like they are practiced and relatively easygoing travelers, as long as they are fed, caffeinated/chocolated (is that a word? I’m thinking no…), and given plenty of time to watch cars or people or just soak up the feeling of being somewhere … away. I am envious, I admit! I’m playing around with ticket searches for the week after Christmas next year – I’d love to visit London, or Ireland, or heck, anywhere other than here, to be honest. We’ll see if anything comes to pass… Thank you for sharing your adventures and reminding me how much I love taking them myself! <3
Thanks <3 It was such a fun trip and I hope you find some great trips to plan - adventure adds so much enjoyment to life!