First photos are up...

I made it home! Yay! This morning, I am looking forward to getting up and having some mountain dew and some toast with mom's homemade raspberry jam!
I put my top 10 favorite moments on my other blog, nellybean.blogspot.com, but I will continue to update this one so check back here from time to time.
I can't wait to see you all!

Aaah, somehow the combination of sleep, a familiar language, and some cool weather has revived me and I am off and running once again!
We made it to London and have already been exploring the city. I was surprised to discover that this is NOT the most expensive place we've visited, despite it's reputation for being that way. Switzerland still has that dubious honor. I have already seen some darling clothes in windows and I am looking forward to trying them on and hopefully bringing some home with me :-)
Velva is thrilled to see the familiar Starbucks sign, and once I am done here I am supposed to go pick her up some coffee and a muffin. What service!
Today we will go to the British Museum and then we are planning to take a hop on, hop off bus trip and just play it by ear today. I'm churched out, so I'm leaving Westminster Abbey and any churchish things for another trip. I need to go see the crown jewels because mom wants me to bring her home a souvenier... haha.
The big excitement for me is going to Harrod's tomorrow!!
Miss you all

Hello - a quick greeting from Paris before I totally pass out on my bed! We have been all over this city and have had tons of fun. I saw Versailles today, did the Louvre yesterday; and the Orsay the night before that.
I am pretty braindead at the moment so I will keep this note quick! Plus there is someone waiting for the one hotel computer so I will say Au Revoir for now and write again when I get the chance.

Bonjour from Paris!! It feels so good to finally be here --I am getting tired of my clothes and switching between languages, and playing bathroom roulette! Sofar we have done an admirable job of not buying these countries out! It is a downer when you know you have to carry it all yourself as the nice big bus is gone!

Today we visited the Notre Dame cathedral and the Saint Chapelle church. After we were done there we had some of the world famous Berthillion ice cream and then we took the Metro to Musee Orsay to do that up right. We did not want to go through museum overload tomorrow because that is our day to visit the Louvre.

It rained a little today but I will continue to hope for sunshine tomorrow.
Looking forward to coming home!

Bonjour from France!
We survived Italy and I am just a little bit bitter that it took until our very last day for me to get hit on by an Italian guy! Sheesh!! They must have really tightened their standards or something!
We said arrivederci to Italy and YIKES to Switzerland -- somebody forgot to tell us that that place is crazy expensive! I figured we were lucky because the dollar is about 1:1 with the swiss money, but then they charge about 4 times as much for everything! My $7.80 leg of chicken was evidence of that! It was far more expensive than even Italy!
Now we are happy to be in France, trying to get by in another language. I will miss snickering at the Ausfahrt signs but I am sure there is all sorts of fun ahead here in Beaune and tomorrow in Paris!Believe it or not, I haven't really bought very much. It's a downer when you have to carry it yourself!
Miss you all .... and toilets with seats :-)

Aaaah, at last -- we are at the Cinque Terre, enjoying our vacation FROM our vacation! And boy do we ever need it!
We have officially passed the 100 mile mark (on foot) - wow!
This area is beautiful and I am going to go out and enjoy it and just show you pictures later!
Next up: Switzerland!