Our first stop was Paris and the main things we did were visit the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower and go on a chocolate and pastry tour. The first thing we did was visit the Louvre and we went to the Egypt section, saw the Mona Lisa, the winged angel, and Venus de Milo.
We got off the plane and went straight to the LouvreGrabbed some very big bites at the cafe under the glass pyramidThe first art we saw: Captive BarbarianFinn seeing the massive halls and roomsThe Winged Victory (The Greek Goddess Nike (Victory) landing on the bow of a Greek ship.The boys giggling after noticing all of the strange, naked babies everywhere and their “shrimples”The babies & their shrimplesMore weird babiesand morecreepy man-babyand more… plus floating baby headsEven the walls and ceilings were works of artThe Franciscos hanging out with St. Francisco and “Laser Jesus”Laser Jesus & St. FranciscoCool battleA cool Greek painting: The Procession of ThetisThe boys enjoying some paintings with some interesting charactersThe paintings (1 of 3): The Battle between Love & ChastityThey didn’t think much of this until they looked closer…They noticed this guy with a blade through his headSaint Sebastian: he’s celebrated in PR. He survived martyrdom and the arrows in this represent the plague which they thought was coolDemon baby battleThey were reading Da’Vinci Code: Madonna of the Rocks!The boys were not feeling this crowdAs close as we got to Mona LisaThe massive painting across from the Mona Lisa, also mentioned in Da’VinciThey thought this pic was cool because it looked like the people were part of the paintingSt. George Slaying the DragonSt. George Slaying the DragonThe Large St. Michael (Vanquishing Satan)David & Goliath (Finn was very perplexed and bothered by the coloring in this one)The other side of David and GoliathALIENS!ALIENS!Super cool/creepy: “Pandemonium” (Satan outside the palace with his army of fallen angelsHercules & the HydraVenus de MiloStarting to get museumitis at this point but we couldn’t skip Egypt
After that we checked into the hotel and then we went to the Eiffel Tower and rolled down hills. Then we went on a boat ride and saw Notre Dame and multiple hot air balloons.
The next day for breakfast we went to a bakery called Land and Monkeys, then we went on a chocolate and pastry tour where we had a lot of amazing pastries and crepes. After, we went to a garden where you could send boats onto the water but we didn’t do it because we had to wait in line to pay and were hungry. We left to go try some French food: Foie Gras and Escargot. 🐌 Wells and Finn liked the escargot. Me not so much. 🤢
Also, we were on a Space Invader hunt around the city and found at least 15!
The last thing we did was visit catacombs where the walls were made out of human bones. Also while we were driving to our next town, we stopped at the Palace of Versailles. It was too fancy.
After our exciting and action-packed stays in Paris and Puy du Fou, we headed to a relaxed campsite in the Dordogne region of France to spend our final days in the country at a slower pace. On the 31st, we took two kayaks down the Dordogne River to enjoy the…
We left France and we went to… Chateau de Breze, a castle with a Doomsday Bunker in Loire Valley. The castle wasn’t that great, but the bunker was awesome! It had a ginormous wine cellar, places underground for all of the people, animals, weapons, kitchens and all sorts of other cool…
Our first stop was Paris and the main things we did were visit the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower and go on a chocolate and pastry tour. The first thing we did was visit the Louvre and we went to the Egypt section, saw the Mona Lisa, the winged angel, and…
