Paris

It was a holiday weekend here in Belgium so we set off for Paris on Thursday morning. We made it there in about 3 1/2 hours and squeezed in the Louve and the Eiffel Tower in the second half of the day. I couldn't believe how big the Louve was. Colin definitley did not find it as interesting as I did.

We were so bummed that the top floor of the Eiffel Tower was temporarily closed while we were waiting in line. It was still awesome to be able to go up to the second level. Chloe loved it and giggled everytime she looked out. Colin keep referring to it as the Dajangit Tower. I took us a while to figure out that he was really calling it the Giant Tower.

Friday we went to Notre Dame. We are so glad we were able to see it, it was really beautiful. We wandered around the Latin Quarter then took a sightseeing bus to see the rest of the city. Paris is so big, it is not possible to walk from sight to sight. Colin kept falling alsleep on the bus but Chloe was wild. My arms were sore from trying to hold her. Craig thought she was out of control and was wondering if they had boarding school for babies to try to tame her.

Saturday we went over to the Arc de Triomphe and were able to get some great pictures before heading home.

I feel like people were looking at us and thinking why in the world would they bring 2 kids to Paris. It was nice to hear Americans talking. It is not often that you hear American accents in Antwerp.

On our way home, we stopped at a food store to try and find vodka, which does not seem to be very popular here. Craig ended up coming out of the store with 18 bottles of wine, a 6 pack of beer and no vodka.

It turned out to be a typical weekend trip - the kids were a handful, Craig almost got into a fight with a kid and we almost ran out of diesel on our way there. The big difference on this trip was that we actually had a decent hotel room despite having a small swarm of nats hovering in the middle of our room one day. It was quickly cleared up, screens are a novelty here. It was a good weekend - Happy Memorial Day!