International Connections

David's Mom and Sister have been visiting us for the last week and a half. They have had the opportunity to meet the Grandidiers (see below) as well as travel to nearby places.
I have taken them to Strasbourg and Nancy, and today they are in Luxembourg on their own. This weekend we will be with the Grandiders again to travel to Germany.

David will begin studying for his qualifying exams next week and I will continue tutoring and babysitting. In the near future we will be going to Belgium to kayak, and Luxembourg to see the next Harry Potter movie. Other than that we will be waiting for our next visitors...Rocky and Maria?

My family in Paris.

This Sunday David and I went to Paris to meet up with my Aunt and Uncle who flew in from NY to begin their vacation between France, Italy, and Ireland.

(this is us at the top of the Eiffel Tower)

But, before we meet up with them we went to Sacre Coeur since David had never been there. It's pretty pretty - but they are obsessed with making sure you don't take any pictures on the inside, so this is all you get to see.

So then we went to the Eiffel Tower to meet them. We met directly underneath the tower...it's pretty easy to meet someone when you say "I'll meet you directly underneath the Eiffel Tower in the center." If you get lost with those instructions, you've got a problem. This is the picture I liked the most from our time at the Eiffel Tower. It is from the very top...see its shadow?

At the very top Anna called our cousin Ben (my Aunt and Uncle's son) to say "hello" from the top of the tower. But he wasn't there, so we left a message...but it was a nice thought. Anna will be their tour guide through France and will travel with them into Italy.

On June 10 it will be even more convenient for us to meet friends and family traveling through Paris because of the TGV! Only 1:25 minutes instead of 3 hours. But it still isn't cheap, so sorry if we can't meet you, but we'd like to!