Paris

Well, You may have guessed our next stop on the tour.....................PARIS!

And, Of course my favorite Cafe in all the World

http://www.cafedelapaix.fr/uk/navigation.htm

My Choice for lunch with Champagne? The Croque-Monsieur a Toasted ham and cheese sandwich Dipped in egg and grilled. Just Amazing

Derick had the

Salade César,

Tomatoes, poultry, rocket salad, hard-boiled egg, Parmesan cheese.

Yeah, A Caesar Salad.............But the best salad in the world, with the best Bread. Just Wonderful!

As the Cafe was just a short walk from the Hotel, and the weather was great, we Just kept Right on Going down the Avenue and ended up .....................
At the Louvre!

A very happy (and Full) boy who just shot like 500 pictures of Paris on our way here.....
And here is Me, standing in front of the Mona Lisa (not in the Picture) Calling my Mum and Veda telling them where I was.......Wow, I look tired!

Well, with the time change catching up to us we made a short night of it so we could get up early and go to.............
Notre Damehttp://www.notredamedeparis.fr/spip.php?rubrique2

Like the good little Catholic Boy I am I went right up the Aisle and sat down and said my prayers, inspired by this beautiful building.


And I lit three Candles, One for my Mum who was sick, One for my Grandmother who always had a special Connection to the Blessed Mother, and one for Veda's Hubby Tom. It seemed to help my Mum, so I hope it helps Tom too!




Next Up, the Luxemborg Gardens!

Then, It was time for Lunch! On our way over to the Eiffel Tower we saw this place with a line 6 deep outside in the street! We figured if the locals liked it that much it must be good! And it was! Best Sandwiches Around!
And Now for the Tormenting of Alicia.........yes, Derick has been drinking a lot of Orangina.
We Continued our walk.......

Look at that Gas station. That 1.75 Euro PER LITER! I'll never compalin about $4 gas again!

And soo, there before us was the Grand Lady of Paris! (I just love this picture, Don't know why, just really captures the essence of the Day I guess)



So, Derick Decides we need to to go the Top so he can call his mum from the Eiffel Tower.
Let's just say there was a line..................
..........A long Line.....................
...............A VERY LONG LINE!!! After about 1.5 hours we finally got to the ticket station just as they closed the Top because it was too Full, so we just went up to the middle and got these shots of Paris from Above.............



So, we pretty much walked half the city that day. We started out at the University in the AM (photos of that to come) then Notre Dame, the the Gardens then Lunch then Eiffel so it was time for a quick metro back to the hotel, to wash up for dinner. (photos of that to come too! Just wait till you see our dessert Drinks!)
I promise, Some of Derick's photos will be on here soon. He has them in "raw" form right now which means they are in a format that blogger can't post, But soon. You should see some of the ones from The British Museum and The Louvre!

Soon.

Have a great Day!

CB

Junior and CB to the UK!

So, it's that time of the year again, Though a bit delayed by The North Pacific Fisheries Management Council, and the start of the Deadliest Catch, it's My Fall Vacation!

A friend had to cancel out of a trip we were planning but luckily Junior was able to take her place!

Yes, It will be two weeks of Junior/Derick and me Traveling. Where to You ask? Well...........
....Does this give you a hint?
After traveling all day yesterday and arriving VERY early in the AM we checked in at the Hilton London Euston http://www.hilton.co.uk/euston?WT.srch=1
And After a good Hearty English Breakfast we were off to do some sightseeing!

The National Gallery, where, no photographs permitted of course, we saw Works by Michaelango, Van Goth, Monet and others too numerous to mention.
The National Gallery is located right by Trafalgar Square
And in the Heart of London, which is seeing an enormous Building boom due to the Olympics coming up in just......268 days according to the monument.

Then we hopped on the http://www.theoriginaltour.com/ where CB cunningly purchased tickets before we got there and got us two days of being driven around for the price of one!
From just two blocks from our hotel to Parliment and Big Ben,



To the Thames River Cruise, (remember I dropped some Unalaskan Sea Glass here last time)
To the London Eye


The Tate Modern,
A New Building nicknamed "The Shard" which will be the tallest in Europe when Complete next year,
To Tower Bridge and
The Tower of London, the Original Tour Bus will take use there!
Now, You might have noticed Junior taking a lot of photos in the previous pictures, Well that's cause he changed his Major at college to Photography, and this trip is proving to be inspirational, He shot some 1200 photos today. I'll share some in later posts once he finished transferring them.
So after a busy day we went back to the hotel and Crashed, only getting up about 10pm to go get some food and check on Kings Cross Station and St Pancreas for the next leg of our journey. Back at London sightseeing tomorrow, but for now bed!

Have a Great Day everyone!

CB