We spent a full day in Versailles before we headed to London. To start the day off we went throughout the palace, admiring all of the exquisite decorations. Then after a quick lunch we spent the rest of the day…
Normandy (D-day beaches and Bayeux)
D-Day Beaches We took a side trip from Paris to visit Bayeux and the Normandy beaches. My grandfather served in the American army and landed on Omaha beach on D-day during one of the first waves of soldiers. His experience…
Paris Part 2
Sightseeing Day 2: We wondered through the Jewish quarter….some great stores The Louve: (free for under 26 years olds on Friday nights 6:00-9:30!) Champ de Mars parc picnic:
Paris Part 1
Our train to Paris was pretty miserable. Western Europe was having an unusual heat wave (over 100 degrees) and the air conditioning on our train was broken. But 4 hours later, we made it to Paris and all of the…
Limoges
Our hosts dropped us off at the train station in Limoges before our train ride to Paris. We had a couple of hours to kill so we walked around Limoges. The workers at the train station were extremely friendly and…
Marval, France
From Lyon we headed to Limoges (in Southwestern France) where our Workaway hosts met us at the train station. We found our hosts through the Workaway website: www.workaway.info. It’s a work exchange website that connects travelers willing to work a…
Lyon
Lyon was our “resting stop” in between our 2 week trip around Spain and our Workaway near Limoges, France. Since my sister had been studying French in Lyon since October, she had an apartment with an extra pull out cushion…
Sevilla
This post is mostly just pictures, but the captions will tell the story! Alcazar: Plaza de Espana Flamenco Show!
Granada
After another bus ride, our next stop was Granada. We didn’t realize that Granada was up in the Sierra Nevada mountains before we arrived, but we found out quickly as we ascended a steep hill on the way to our Airbnb. This…
Cordoba
First stop in Andalusia! Alcazar Corpus Christi procession at the Cathedral-Mosque We had planned to visit the Cathedral-Mosque in the afternoon but found out that it was closing early in preparation for a procession…