The first part of our journey has been very crazy. Since having our trip to Paris cut a day and a half short, we had a lot less time to casually take breaks from walking. In three days there we had accomplished more sight seeing than most do in a week. With only 4 to 5 hours of sleep max we were determined to see all of the beautiful things in Paris. Out first full day there we went to see Versailles! The building itself was astonishing filled with beauty and his...

First day in London was a blast! So much to see so little time! Today is Michelle's 22nd birthday and we went to see the inside of the Westminster abbey! Sooo cool! We walked in the footsteps of royalty, pretty impressive. Also we saw the Harry potter 9 3/4 platform. Tonight we are planning to get a full view of the city from the London eye! Next we are going to visit Buckingham palace, hopefully we will run into Kate. Both of us feel like we haven't left Seattle...

After 4 years of planing and several set backs later, Michelle and I are finally ready to leave the country and begin our backpacking journey through Europe! It was just this morning when we received some very unfortunate news about our flight planned and purchased six month earlier. We received the news at 6 am through a voicemail recording from American Airlines apologizing for our cancelled flight. Apparently the French were protesting, which meant all of the ...