Phillip gets a birthday card every year from his “Aunt” Olga that lives in the Netherlands. When I asked how they’re related, no one could say for sure, just that her last name is Van Reijn so must be through Phillip’s fathers’s mother. We meant to mail her a letter months earlier, but with wedding…
Paris in a Day
It IS possible to see most the iconic sites of Paris in just one day – in fact, in less than 12 hours. You won’t sit much, even to eat, but it is possible. I didn’t even wear sneakers, though decent pain meds would be recommended. We were also still struggling with bad jet lag,…
King’s Cross/ San Pancras to Gare du Nord
There is a very distinct different culturally and architectural between the public transportation services in London and Paris. Never once in London did we feel unsafe, like we typically do using public transit in Southern California. The stations also may have felt worn and well used in places in London, but never terribly dirty and…