Sorry for the long wait between posts, but we’ve been busy as of late enjoying our time here in Europe. Last Thursday, JoAnna and I left Rwanda to start our journey back home. Because flying from Africa to North America (or vice versa) necessitates a stop through Europe, we thought we would take the occasion to enjoy ourselves in Europe for a couple of weeks before heading back home. My parents also decided to take the opportunity to fly to Europe and join us for those two weeks to celebrate their 30th Anniversary. So here we are one week in, relaxing in our Parisian apartment after our first full day touring Paris. Just to give you a little run-down on the things we’ve experienced since our departure Thursday night. Our flight arrived in Brussels, Belgium at 6:10am Friday morning and we were greeted at the airport by my parents and their rental car. After a quick morning visit of downtown Brussels and some Belgian waffles, we hopped in the car and headed off to Brugges, Belgium. Brugges is a beautiful town with plenty of history and lies in Northern Belgium, not far from the Dutch border. A UNESCO world heritage site, there was plenty to be seen as many of the buildings date back to the 1500’s or earlier. After three days of taking in some beautiful museums, a brewery tour and even the final performance of an international music festival, we began our scenic three-day voyage to Paris. During our scenic trip we were able to take in several historic Canadian war monuments and museums such as the Flanders Fields museum in Ypres, Beligum and the site of the Canadian D-day landing in Dieppe, France. Upon arriving in Paris Wednesday afternoon we found our apartment, returned the rental car and settled in to our cozy 6th floor Parisian apartment where we will spend the next 6 days. To conclude the blogging of our trip we will in the upcoming days (whether from Paris or home) post the conclusion to the Thoughts series as well as the link to our Photobucket account and an additional blog including some of our impressions of Europe in light what we saw on our trip and a top 10 list of things we didn’t expect to experience in Africa but did. We look forward to seeing all of you soon and sharing some of our additional thoughts and experiences of our trip with you after we get back. In the meantime we will spend our days trying our best to enjoy the many sights and tastes of Paris.
Love you all,
Alex and Jo
1 comment:
So cool that you guys have taken the opportunity to embark on such a journey. You will remember this time forever! We are getting really excited for you to be back home and can't wait to hear all about it! so pencil us in :-)
hugs and blessings,
chels
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