Mont St Michel – 4/25/2024
We got up early and had some pastries and coffee before getting on the road to Mont St Michel. The ride was beautiful and as you get close there are several views from overlooks on the side of the road.…
Smallworld Photos
Collect Memories, Not things
Smallworld Photos
Collect Memories, Not things
Shawn
Normandy Tour – 4/24/2024
We had done a test drive to the place where we would meet our tour leader last night so we knew where we were going. We needed to leave Aramanches before the hotel started breakfast so although they requested no…
Paris to Aramanche Normandy – 4/23/2024
We left our Paris hotel in a cab headed back to the airport to pick up a rental car. Shawn watched videos of how to interpret the road signs in france. The cab driver was able to drop us quite…
Paris Day 3 – 4/22/2024
For our 3rd day in Paris we had plans to visit the Eiffel Tower and then walk down to the Champs Elysees to see the Arc De Triomphe. We decided to take a cab to the Eiffel Tower and arrived…
Paris day 2 – 4/21/2024
Our first full day in Paris was a beautiful sunny day. We took a photo of Sacre Coer from the hotel room before venturing out and then took a G7 taxi from our hotel to Saint Chapelle a beautiful old…
Paris Day 1 – 4/20/2024
We arrived at Charles de Gaulle international airport at around 10 AM after a very nice flight in business class. The flight crew was very good and just before landing one of them offered Conrad and I coupons to go…
Corfu Greece – Wednesday 6/7/2023
We arrived in Corfu Greece in the morning. The island was unlike any of the greek islands that we had seen before. It didn’t have the whitewashed houses and blue roofs. It had a more European feel to the houses…
At Sea – Tuesday June 6th 2023
Today is a day at sea. We slept late, walked the promenade and caught up on pictures before we went to Formal night. It was a welcome day off.
Taormina – Monday June 5 2023
Today we arrive in Taormina which is very close to Conrad’s relatives in Messina Sicily so they are coming to the port to meet us. As we arrive it’s very overcast and rainy and it seems like the place that…
Naples and the Amalfi Coast – Sunday June 4 2023
Today we docked in Naples and drove to Sorrento first which was a beautiful drive along the coast. As we drove we saw lots of soccer posters and blue and white ribbons everywhere. the closer we got to Sorrento the…
Rome – Saturday June 3 2023
Today we went to visit Rome and it’s surrounding areas. Since we’ve been to all of the big monuments before we decided to take a tour of some of the other areas of the city. We left the bus in…
Florence and Pisa – Friday June 2 2023
We arrived in Florence and had a very long excursion planned. Shawn wasn’t feeling very well yet but we decided to go anyway. We arrived in the square of Florence near Basilica of Santa Croce which we would tour later…