Rain poured and wind howled throughout the entire night. This morning was gray and drizzly. I did NOT want to get out of bed to make our 7am gym reservation, even though we had our morning pretty tightly planned; quick gym session at 7am, get ready and head to the hot spring by 8am to... Continue Reading →
We woke up to rain. Like, lots and lots of rain. And while B was wide awake at 6:45 and could have made our 7am gym reservation, I was not as enthusiastic. The rain outside made staying in bed longer feel even more necessary. We lazed around, realized that we probably weren’t going to make... Continue Reading →
We woke to drizzly skies and a beautiful lush view outside of our window. The sun was up early, our room was bright by 6:45am.With yesterday’s arrival being after dark we hadn’t been able to get a sense of our surroundings until this morning. Today is the only day this half of our trip for... Continue Reading →
It’s December; so that means it’s time for another pre-Christmas trip! With COVID in mind, we kept it easy this year with a week planned in Costa Rica! I use the word “planned” loosely as up until a week ago we had nothing planned at all except for our flights, rental cars, and accommodations. We... Continue Reading →
In my mind, today was going to be a relaxing, slow, final day in Paris. I would laze around at cafes, wander slowly, and take in the end of my Parisian excursion. But we all know that’s not me. While I already had the Musee Picasso in the morning and lunch back to L’Atelier de... Continue Reading →
For the first time so far this trip I had nothing reserved or booked for the morning, allowing me to sleep an extra hour and have a more leisurely start to the day. With only two days left here I sat down with my little spreadsheet of things to do ideas that I had put... Continue Reading →
With today now free I ended up cancelling my Disneyland Paris ticket originally booked for Saturday, figuring a weekday would be less crowded. The Disneyland Paris website clearly says that tickets have to be printed and I don’t exactly have access to a printer here so I considered just buying one on-site today, as their... Continue Reading →
My alarm went off way earlier than I would have liked this morning based on how crappy I slept last night but I had to heed the call because I had an 8:25am train to Reims booked to go taste some champagne in the Champagne Region! Yes, I had planned a vacation from my vacation... Continue Reading →
I miss air conditioning. Like I really really miss air conditioning. Like i miss it as much as I miss my family (Brandon and our assorted four-legged fur children) who are back at home. I woke up drenched in sweat in the middle of the night. The days here have been about 85 with not... Continue Reading →
Thankfully, the noise from the Seine party boats did not travel to the bedroom and I was able to sleep in peace, except when I woke up in the middle of the night because I had passed out hard, on top of my arm, and it had fallen asleep and was in tingly hell. I’m... Continue Reading →
Taking On the World 