Well we're back in our little village after a crazy few days gallivanting all over Europe!
July 9th we headed to Paris and stayed the night at a Novotel close to the airport. We ordered a pizza to our hotel room and watched Puss n' Boots! Mom took Dad to the airport early the next morning and then came back to the hotel to get me and Connor. We ate breakfast and then headed to Trier, Germany! It was only a three and a half hour drive.
We got there just after Rasmus' (our friend who lives in Germany) train had arrived. We stayed in a fantastic little Bed and Breakfast for two nights and toured around Trier for a couple of days, we even tried Schnitzel! It is the oldest city in Germany and used to be a Roman city. Truly an incredible place!
This is Rasmus with Dirk - the owner or ouf B&B who took us on a little tour of his town. He was soo good to us!
After we said goodbye to Rasmus, we headed to Luxembourg - via the Autobahn!
Connor used these road-trips to teach himself how to type!
We then drove to Maastricht, Netherlands! We stayed at Chateau Bethlehem which is a training hotel for students who are in the midst of obtaining their degree in Hotel Management. We were lucky enough to get to stay in one of the themed suites. The theme was "The Body". Our room was designed to focus on the well-being of the body and soul so there was exercise equipment everywhere and a steam shower! Connor was in heaven.
After our lovely stay in the Netherlands, we headed off to Belgium where we stayed in a Euro Space Museum... Mom's idea. It was super cool! Until we were eaten alive by bed bugs and mutant mice. Okay it wasn't THAT bad. It was actually really neat! We got there around one in the afternoon and were able to tour the Museum and do a zero-gravity walk. We even tried eating a freeze dried ice cream sandwich like the astronauts eat in space. It was surprisingly delicious. We then found our room and dropped off the bags before heading out for supper. Our goal was to find a cute little restaurant, but we ended up finding a cute little grocery store and having a picnic near a lake instead! It's moments like those where you just can't help but think "Why is there no Boston Pizza here?!" ;) We actually ended up having a really great time and Belgium was a blast!
Connor had this all to himself (well, with Mom!) for endless hours.
The next day we piled into the car and started our 6 hour drive back to our village. We took a little detour to Paris because who doesn't love Paris? We were a little confused when we had to pull over to let a big parade of military vehicles pass, but we then realized it was Bastille day (France's big national holiday). Needless to say, it took a LOT longer to get out of Paris than we thought, but it was worth it.
We've been back here since Sunday and just hanging around. It has been ridiculously hot here so we spend most of our time trying to cool down! Last night we had Claire, Robbie and their four year old twin boys over for dinner. It was a blast! So much cuteness. Four year old twins with English accents? Oh my goooosh.
Connor making a robot.
I will be sure to post once we are home :) Well, I will try to remember.
Au revoir! xoxo
Everything looking so amazing and SO fun! Glad you are all having such a wonderful time! Nice to see your smiling faces and can't wait to see them in real life very soon!!
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