When I mentioned I wanted to visit Versailles, the travel agent I was using suggested we do a bike tour. I thought…as long as they have bikes/transportation for the girls – cool! So a guided tour with Bike About Tours was booked. If you ever go to Versailles….Book This Tour!! That’s all I can say! … More Day Four: Bike Tour Around Versailles
Littlest has known about the Eiffel Tower since she was about 18 months old and saw it on the kid show Little Einsteins. She’s known it’s in Paris, France, and she’s been wanting to see it since we moved here and we told her Paris was about a 4 hour car ride from our house. She was even … More Day Three Evening: The Eiffel Tower!
The Discovery Walking Tour was the second guided tour I booked. I had read good things about it, and it ended up being very nice! We learned a lot of interesting little facts about Paris, and the original city of Paris along the way. I didn’t take many pictures during the walk, as you really … More Day Three Morning: Paris Discovery Walking Tour
After walking around the streets for a bit, we were a bit tired and MyMan and I hung out on the benches in this park behind Notre Dame while the girls played. There is a small playground under the trees, and lots of benches on the other side. We walked around to the front of … More Day Two Afternoon: Notre Dame Tour
Our first real day started on Sunday. Luckily it was a day of street markets so we could get some food to stock up on, and see what all the French markets had to offer. They did not disappoint! This particular market was located 2 blocks from where we were staying, underneath the train tracks. … More Day Two Morning: Street Markets and a Stroll
The school had a week long fall break, so we decided to take out first real trip somewhere. Littlest has been asking to go to Paris since we arrived abroad. And since I have been deemed the trip planner during our stint over here, I thought…why not? So began my furious research of where to stay, where … More A Trip to Paris…Day one: Getting There
Some of the lovely ladies from the Parent’s Association of the International School set up a little walking tour around Breda for the school parents. It ended up not being the best weather day…a typical Nederlands autumn day of drizzle and cloudy…but the ladies were all very nice, the tour was lovely, and I learned … More A Walking Tour Around Breda
Bos in Dutch means forest. Not far from the girls’ school is the Mastbos. And it’s a beautiful place to go for a walk. It is getting quite chilly as autumn settles in here in the Netherlands. The temperatures are chilly, the wind is biting, and the leaves are beginning to change colors. Today, some of … More A Walk Around Mastbos
A friend and I went to the Grote Markt in Breda to get some veggies. They have a market every Tuesday and Friday morning. I forgot to get pictures of most of it…just grabbed a couple of some of the fruits and vegetables. It was drizzly and rainy so I missed pictures of all the fabrics, and … More Grote Markt in Breda
I love our food truck, and I wish they had these in the states (at least in Texas). Usually I go to the grocery store at least every other day. I try not to go everyday if I don’t have to. But there are times on the days I don’t go, when I inevitably run … More The Food Truck
From Here to There - A Move Across an Ocean 