Nothing says “Happy Turkey Day” like brie and baguette, non?
Since we moved here two and a half years ago, we wanted to go somewhere nearby for vacation, since we didn’t know how long we’d be living here. We’re finally doing it.
We’ll be vacationing in Paris for the week of Thanksgiving. Chickpea has already made a list of things we’ll be doing — visiting Madeline is one of them. I hope she’s not disappointed.
Truth be told, we just knew we wanted to go somewhere. We need to renew our visas around then, and Paris was the cheapest flight from our city. And then we found very reasonably-priced housing — an apartment in the center of the city. That means we won’t need to rent a car to do things, and we can cook two out of three meals from the kitchen. Well, who are we kidding — we’ll probably eat pain au chocolat every morning for breakfast as we walk by the neighborhood patisserie. We’ve been saving every last penny from the blog‘s income, so we now think we can do this frugally.
And since it’s late November, it’ll probably be cold and rainy. But hey, Paris is Paris, right? To thank the kids for seeing the Mona Lisa, hiking down the Champs Elysees, and pondering the thoughts of Rodin, we’ll probably end the trip by visiting Tinker Bell and spinning teacups. It’s a tacky thing to do in France, but not when half of you is under four.
I seriously cannot wait.
SO FUN!!! Oh my goodness, we really need to chat and catch up soon. ;o)
I’m so excited for y’all. What a great time. The closest we’ve been to Paris is the airport. It was a bugger too.
oh – Paris – lovely! I will say – plan your museum visits very carefully! It’s been 10+ years since I was able to visit Paris, so these memories are foggy at best, but seems like the majority of the museums were closed one day a week (I’m thinking Mondays) so we did other things on Monday…then planned to see the Louvre on Tuesday, except it was the anomaly and was open on Mondays & closed on Tues (or whatever the days were) – so then we were going to go on Weds, except the workers went on strike on Weds and the Louvre was closed & that was our last day in Paris…I was devastated!
However, the rest of Paris was WONDERFUL! And best of all, I got to share it with my parents who came over to help me pack up and move back to the States after a semester in Germany…it was still a fabulous trip.
Hope you guys have a blast!
Paris is the BEST! I’ve been a few times, both for business and pleasure. My best frugal tip is to know how to ask for ‘tap water.’ The underground system is great, and I’m sure you’ll find it simple to navigate. I’ve had bad experiences with taxi drivers, but then again I know very little French. Please have some French onion soup, some crepes, some Paul’s (it’s a chain, but their food is divine). But you don’t need any tips from me – you already know not to pass up the pain au chocolat, so you’re good to go!
that sounds really exciting! hope you guys have a wonderful time. we miss the oxenreiders!!
Why did you delete my last post? Did you find that it was critical of your post?
Umm… I honestly don’t remember deleting a post (or comment, I’m guessing you meant). So it was probably a mistake if it happened! Sorry about that.