France – Paris

Record heatwave meets history-making fire

Paris, France, probably on everyone’s bucket list on any tour of Europe’s favorite and must-do cities. We were all excited, especially Lara. The small list of places she wanted to go had the Eiffel Tower in second place to Pompeii, Italy. The boys were already familiar with the landmark and even recognize it today when they see it on the TV or in a picture. Kristi and I had both seen Paris before and boy oh boy we were in for a massive culture shock in the City that is known as “Europe’s Most Romantic City”.

We were also meeting up again with our wonderful traveling family friends The Lea’s from San Jose, California, who we had met in Thailand and spent time with during our Rome visit. It was their last stop before heading home after a year so their mood was somewhat mixed, we were only one step behind them. We had the UK after this and then back to the USA.

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