Ya'll, we are worn out! We had such a fantastic day today! We ended up getting in the bed last night about 9:30pm and this morning we were up by 8:30am. We had a wonderful complimentary breakfast in our hotel and made our way to the Arc de Triomphe. We used our two day museum pass to enter the Arc and we climbed the 284 steps to the top. What a beautiful view! All roads seem to lead out from the Arc. It was first commissioned in 1806 following Napoleons v...

Bonjour from Paris We arrived in Paris yesterday morning at 6:55am. WooHoo!!! We had a nice flight and a pretty good dinner (for airplane food). I think we slept here and there but it sure doesn't feel like it. We made our way through customs, etc. and met Super Shuttle who took us to The Hotel Concorde Saint-Lazare. It is a lovely hotel and we have a sweet little European room with beautiful tall windows that open on to the busy Paris streets below. By th...

This morning we are leaving Murphy, NC and heading to Atlanta, GA to begin our trip to EUROPE!!! We fly from Atlanta to Charlotte and then Charlotte to Paris. We have three bags total that are each at 50 lbs. I think we have weighed them about one million times and when we got to the airport they were all exactly at 50 lbs. It is pretty difficult to pack for a trip like this, especially when you have to consider the textbooks and teaching materials have to co...

This morning we are leaving Murphy, NC and heading to Atlanta, GA to begin our trip to EUROPE!!! We fly from Atlanta to Charlotte and then Charlotte to Paris. We have three bags total that are each at 50 lbs. I think we have weighed them about one million times and when we got to the airport they were all exactly at 50 lbs. It is pretty difficult to pack for a trip like this, especially when you have to consider the textbooks and teaching materials have to co...

None of us wanted to get out of the bed and get on the road yesterday but we got up at 6am and were on the road by 7am. During that last day of driving we reached and surpassed 2,000 miles on the road and during our trip we have seen 9 different states (CA, AZ, NM, TX, OK, AR, GA, TN and NC). We arrived in Murphy, NC (my hometown) yesterday at 6:15pm and my Mom and Dad had dinner ready. That night we got to see all of the siblings, nieces, nephew and brother i...