When we got to that big tower that Paris is so famous for, we waited in line with several million other people waitng to buy tickets for the ride to the top. There were steps going up also, but I cannot imagine anyone wanting to try that long journey upward by that method. We got to the top via a small elevator and found it was well worth the wait. What a view! It is very open and windy up there but you can see the whole city and the beautiful river winding throu...

They have the location of this one wrong and I do not know how to change it. This blog is not about crusing the East Coast of the U.S. but is a story of a trip to France. There should be a blog preceeding this one about me winning a free trip to France from a local television station drawing. My son, Tim, and I took the 8 day trip and enjoyed it immensely............ We left St. Louis Lambert Airport around 8:00 a.m. bound for Chicago's O'Hara where we were to ...

I don't know why it says Pinezhskiy, Russia at the beginning of this bog. It is a story about my vivit to France......... I entered a contest given by a local television station for a trip to France. I had never won anything before in my life and dd not think that this would be any different. Imagine my surprise. Imagine my surprise whe I received a postcard stating that I had won an all expence paid trip for two to France! I went to the television station to co...

We stopped briefly at the port of New brunswick and had some time to explore the pretty city on the bay. There were some options available but the timing did not work out for us, so we decided to just tour on our own this time. There was a big mall within walking distance and we strolled through it and bought a few souveniers for the family back home. They had some delicious smelling maple syrup for sale that came in a cute maple leaf shaped botte. My son, Tom, h...

We stopped briefly at the port of New brunswick and had some time to explore the pretty city on the bay. There were some options available but the timing did not work out for us, so we decided to just tour on our own this time. There was a big mall within walking distance and we strolled through it and bought a few souveniers for the family back home. They had some delicious smelling maple syrup for sale that came in a cute maple leaf shaped botte. My son, Tom, h...