Bonjour! We just finished up our week in France. Brett had a server outage the first part of the week so he worked a lot of extra hours so the kids and I were on our own. Nobody speaks much English here so that was a challenge. We found our way around, to the grocery store and around our town. We stayed outside of Paris right on the river Seine which was very nice.
The kids and I ventured into Paris on our own one day. We rode a train from our town (no way was I going to attempt to drive into the big city on my own with 3 kids!) It was about a 30 minute train ride and the kids got to see the metro so that was fun. We went to the Luxembourg house and gardens. It’s a huge park and a beautiful house. There were walking paths, trees grass, a big pool where kids race little sail boats, and the most important part for the kids a big playground. After they played they got to go on a pony ride which Alana loved! Luckily I found someone to speak English so I could catch the right train back home. Whew! I’m glad I don’t live in the big city its just difficult with small children, people everywhere you just have to always hold onto them. We had a fun day in Paris!
Thursday night we travelled into Paris to see the Arc de Triumph and the Eiffel Tower. It was fun to see the Eiffel Tower it lights up and sparkles like a Christmas Tree. We took the lift all the way to the top. It was a very long wait to get to the top but it was worth it. A once in a lifetime experience I guess. You could look out over the city and see all the lights. The Arc de Triumph was also neat to see, it’s in the middle of the road in a gigantic roundabout with 12 streets connecting into it, hope you take the right exit! What a fun night!
Friday afternoon Brett was able to break away and we went to the Palace of Versailles.
This plac
e was amazing! We took a tour of the gardens which were huge with statues and fountains and lakes. Then we took a tour of the Palace which was lavishly decorated with no expenses spared. 
I liked all the paintings on the ceiling. 
Saturday we took a trip to see Mount St. Michael, it was about a 4hr drive but it was worth it. This place is amazing! It’s a mountain out in the ocean with a big castle/abbey on top, and a little village built all around it. When the tides come in it is surrounded by water. The tides come in really fast and covers the parking lot at high tide. We got there when the tide was on its way out so then it just looks like a mountain in the middle of a big vast sand bar. We spent half the day touring the abbey and walking around. This place was our favorite in France, and one of the highlights
The kids and I ventured into Paris on our own one day. We rode a train from our town (no way was I going to attempt to drive into the big city on my own with 3 kids!) It was about a 30 minute train ride and the kids got to see the metro so that was fun. We went to the Luxembourg house and gardens. It’s a huge park and a beautiful house. There were walking paths, trees grass, a big pool where kids race little sail boats, and the most important part for the kids a big playground. After they played they got to go on a pony ride which Alana loved! Luckily I found someone to speak English so I could catch the right train back home. Whew! I’m glad I don’t live in the big city its just difficult with small children, people everywhere you just have to always hold onto them. We had a fun day in Paris!
Thursday night we travelled into Paris to see the Arc de Triumph and the Eiffel Tower. It was fun to see the Eiffel Tower it lights up and sparkles like a Christmas Tree. We took the lift all the way to the top. It was a very long wait to get to the top but it was worth it. A once in a lifetime experience I guess. You could look out over the city and see all the lights. The Arc de Triumph was also neat to see, it’s in the middle of the road in a gigantic roundabout with 12 streets connecting into it, hope you take the right exit! What a fun night!
Friday afternoon Brett was able to break away and we went to the Palace of Versailles.
This plac
e was amazing! We took a tour of the gardens which were huge with statues and fountains and lakes. Then we took a tour of the Palace which was lavishly decorated with no expenses spared. 
I liked all the paintings on the ceiling. 
Saturday we took a trip to see Mount St. Michael, it was about a 4hr drive but it was worth it. This place is amazing! It’s a mountain out in the ocean with a big castle/abbey on top, and a little village built all around it. When the tides come in it is surrounded by water. The tides come in really fast and covers the parking lot at high tide. We got there when the tide was on its way out so then it just looks like a mountain in the middle of a big vast sand bar. We spent half the day touring the abbey and walking around. This place was our favorite in France, and one of the highlights
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I've been in Paris before and I went up the Eiffel Tower, but I was too scared to go in this tight elevator so I just took the stairs to the first level and stayed there! lol...but it is amazing to see it in person, isn't it?
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