Sunday, April 5, 2009

Paul and Kristi's Visit Part 1

David's parents came to visit us for about 10 days last month. We had so much fun and did alot of traveling in a short amount of time. It was worth it though, we saw some great stuff.


First we drove from Dusseldorf to Brugge and met Mike Gorski. We spent the day here going to some lace shops, a chocolatier and looking at an old church.


Mike and David

That night we stayed at the Chateau where Mike and Valerie live. It was beautiful there and the weather was great!

The next day we drove to a town outside of Paris and took a train into the city. We were thankful to have the opportunity to spend some time with Valerie and Mike. They are expecting a baby in August...
We spent a quick afternoon in Paris. First we went to this fountain at the Concord. Paul's uncle washed his clothes here during WWII. From here we walked all the way up to the Ache de Triumph...
On our way back out of the city we stopped to see the Eiffel Tower. Emma got to ride the carousel at the bottem while we took pictures. It was pretty amazing.



That night we stayed at a really cool bed and breakfast. The house was decorated really neat and the food was wonderful-crepes and homemade bread pudding...

The bed and breakfast...



The next day we went to Versailles...



The gardens were spectacular but it was too early to see the flowers.

This was one of my favorite parts. Marie Antoinette built a little peasant farm on the castle grounds. It was where she would go and pretend to be a peasant.

2 comments:

Amy said...

You look GREAT kristen...Maggie is SO BIG. I love the one of Emma on the horse. GREAT POST!!

LittleWomen21 said...

was that a "bed and breakfast" or a "manor and breakfast"? Some beautiful places!