To make up for my lack to blogging, here are some sweet pics from our France Trip 2009!
Eiffel Tour
Climbing the tour! So many stairs!
Chelsea reading the Metro map
Chelsea's first REAL pastry!
Walking through the catacombs-spooky!
The most famous rue in the world
Arc de Triomphe
The Tomb of the unknown soldier under the Arc de Triomphe
The Louvre
Climbing MORE stairs toward Sacré Coeur
Our hostess Noelle! A member of the Paris Lilas ward. She was kind enough to let us stay chez-elle
Our French/American (it was a Ford) rental car
Chateau Pierrefonds near Compiègne
Exploring inside Chateau Pierrefonds
The Joly family
The Joly family
A great family in Compiègne-Alexandra, Alexandre, and Samuel
Centreville Compiègne
Chateau Chantilly
Chelsea really wanted a picture with her finger in the deer's nose
Doing Laundry after a long drive south into the Loire Valley
Chateau Chambord
Chateau Cheverny
Chateau Chenonceau
Chateau Chaumont
Chateau Amboise
Hanging out with the Haakes in St. Malo near Rennes-Esther, Beau, and Lidie
On the surrounding fortress walls of St. Malo
Utah Beach in Normandy
An awesome little village in Normandy- 73 inhabitants
Le Mont Saint-Michel-the pride of France
Old WWII German bunkers
The American Cemetery on Omaha Beach
On William the Conquerors castle in Caen
My old missionary apartment in Caen
Chelsea and our good friend Thierry eating lunch before our trip home
On our way back to Paris, and eventually home, on an overcrowded train-we didn't have seats so we sat in the baggage hold!
9 comments:
Whoa, I am jealous. It looks like you had an awesome vacation. Did you bring back berets for all your family?
I'm way jealous as well. How fun! I bet Chelsea was in HEAVEN!
Mmm...Millefeuille Nice choice for the first pastry.
That's a lot of chateaus, Riley. I want to see the village Nay!
When did you serve in Compiegne? I love the Jolly family!
Fun pictures! You two looked like you had a blast. Good luck in Wisconsin, Nays!
Looks like you guys had a great trip. Good for you! Thanks for sharing the pictures. (Glad they got the baggage home safely:D.)
I love all the pics.
we miss you guys.
cant wait to see you.
That looks amazing! Did you go to every chateau in the Loire valley? It looks like it. Amazing. I love France.
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