Today is going to be a little hectic, we have a wine tour in the afternoon but in the morning both Melanie and Robyn wanted to go to the Notre Dame de Fourviere Basilica. Last night the AC had not been turned on in the hotel because it has been cooler. Robyn was not happy, our room became "The Room of Sighs", there was just a lot of huffing and puffing. I was comfortable in the room and slept fine, thankfully it was cool in the morning and for once we woke up wit...

Today was dedicated to travel. This was the change we made before our trip when we dropped Paris and decided to go to Lyon. There simply is no easy way to get to Lyon from Florence as was evident from our alternate train travel we had booked in case our flight was cancelled. Today we are flying on Air France to Paris and then taking a TGV train to Lyon, our flight is at 10 and we get to Lyon at 4. When we got to the airport Melanie texted that she was through sec...

Let me say first that the events planned for today were not exactly high on my agenda. The first was to visit Saint-Chapelle which is the 13th century cathedral with beautiful stained glass windows. Two years ago we attempted to see the cathedral but failed both times--the first time the line was too long for us to get through, the second time it was closed. So I was not interested in going to see this cathedral. The second planned activity was to see the Paris O...

Today's plans are to go the Louvre, Montmartre for lunch, and then the Eiffel Tower for a tour. We wanted to keep to a tight schedule because Robyn did not want to be late getting to the Eiffel Tower since this was a tour group and she was unsure how we would meet up. So after breakfast we headed to the Louvre. Two years ago we primarily went through the Denon wing to see the paintings specifically the Mona Lisa, and we went briefly into the Sully wing to see the...

Another day in Europe and another travel day. I feel like we have had as many travel days as days staying overnight. Today was an Air France flight from Munich to Paris Charles De Gaulle which is about an hour and ten minute flight. An additional reason for staying at the Eden Wolf Hotel in Munich is it is across the street from where the Luftansa airport bus departs. We got through security at the Munich airport without incident this time since Robyn remembered ...