Author Archives: sarah

…and I picked to go to the one with a view of the ultra quaint industrial park! (See photo gallery Alsace)

This is from several days ago at Fontainebleau, one of the former homes of the French kings… When you refer to the ladies room as the “powder room” that comes from the French court. Instead of taking a bath with water (horrors!) they would go into a special room and powder themselves from head to […]

In Strasbourg we are staying at a “quaint” 2 star hotel, that as Andy mentioned has a best feature of being close to the train station so that we didn’t have to walk very far with our luggage! In general, it really is a fine hotel (although since we used “points” to stay at a […]

It was a nice surprise to hear from Frank and Pam. In fact, we like to get blog entries so everybody tell your friends!!

It is easy to forget how dirty the air can be in a big city. Yesterday morning I woke up with black crud under my fingernails. I couldn’t figure out where it came from and I didn’t see anything that looked like the culprit. Then last night I was sitting looking at the computer and […]

We went to a Starbucks the other day (I know, but sometimes you want a whole cup of coffee not just an espresso shot!). They had a wonderful thing. On your receipt there is a six digit code. If you need to use the bathroom you type that code into a key pad on the […]

I have no idea why, but I always seek out churches to go to. I can’t say that I am particularly religious but I am intrigued by the history involved in both the buildings and the religions themselves. Today we went to the Basilica Sacre-Coeur in Monmarte. The Basilica itself was very austere and the […]

So, we have been in Paris for a day and a half. We have had two lunches and two dinners (we slept through breakfast this morning). Besides that we have purchased a lip gloss and 2 postcards and yet we have spent 300 euros! Our meals were not in fancy places, in fact we have […]

Since we need to get this thing underway, I thought I would try and post something! We all know I am not computer adept so stick with me in my learning process 🙂