On Saturday morning, before leaving for the catacombs, we told the kids that when they finished their cereal they could each have a boiled egg. Once everyone was done eating we lifted the lid off of a small pot, inside were 6 kinder eggs. We told the kids we had a surprise for them, and the clue was in their eggs. They opened their chocolate eggs and a popular European comic book figure, Oblisk, was inside. Darius has read one of the comics so he was familiar...

We slept in late, knowing we would be out late. After making our lunch we headed out to find the catacombs. Tim remembers going to them with his dad when he was Darius' age - it was one of his favorite things in Paris. We originally planned on Belia and I doing something else while the rest went, but when we got there she saw other kids her age in the line, and decided she wanted to go too. The line-up took about 45 minutes. We descended 130 steps into a dam...

Tim and Brennin left early in the morning to pick up our car. It took a number of trains, including a wrong train, to get to the dealership. After a brief introduction to the vehicle they were on their way. Tim was in his glory driving the narrow French streets. When they got home the rest of us were just waking up. After breakfast we walked over to the laundromat and caught up on some laundry. The weather was especially nice, and we decided to hang around ou...

Thursday we woke up late after a long night of dealing with Belia having a bug scare. She saw a few spiders before bed, which scared her enough to keep her waking up, thinking something was on her - no fun for her or us. Since I have gone through that fear myself I had to be understanding. Anyway, by morning she was back to herself again. The weather was rainy when we started out so we brought our umbrellas. We took 3 trains to The Palace of Versailles. Thi...

Wednesday we went into Paris getting off the metro near Arc de Triomphe. Getting up close to this giant is well worth it. The kids were excited when they saw movement on the very top, so away we went, through a tunnel under the traffic circle, and then climbing a winding staircase with 234 steps. At the top we enjoyed looking over all of Paris in every direction. Tim was impressed by how straight the streets are, and by how many of the major monuments line u...