Our homeschooling and home building story.
Paris is full of parks. We had so many we wanted to get to but really only managed to spend any time in three of them: Bois de Vincennes, a little unnamed neighborhood park in Vincennes and Jardin de Tuileries. We walked through Bois de Vincennes or the unnamed neighborhood park anytime we took the... Continue Reading →
The Louvre was another one of the items on our itinerary that our kids had picked out very early on. Specifically Cas...because of the glass pyramid and the escalators...not the reasons most people choose but...you know, he's six. We had timed entry tickets but got to the Louvre like...10 minutes before that entry...so they had... Continue Reading →
The morning after Versailles, we went to the Chateau de Vincennes which we could easily walk to from our apartment. We only had an hour and a half there which was not enough time. I would totally go back and spend a whole day there, or at least a half day. This was a royal... Continue Reading →
Our second full day in France we headed to Versailles. We got there just in time for our timed tickets and once we were through the entrance line and security we were in. Cas was most excited about the hall of mirrors so after the first few rooms, he and Caleb moved quickly to the... Continue Reading →
After the Eiffel Tower we walked the Seine down to the Ile de la Cite...the Island that is the heart of the city. It is the island that had residents on it to be conquered when Rome came and took over and it is the island that held the heart of the Roman settlement and... Continue Reading →
So, since my last trip to Paris, a new kind of street art has come up. Space Invaders. There's a street artist that goes by the name Invader who puts up little pixelated art in random places and...in my opinion...it's a lot more fun than grafiti 🙂 The artist lives in the Paris area so... Continue Reading →
Our Eiffel tower experience was an adventure. We had timed tickets scheduled for Friday and then got notified Tuesday that they were canceled. No real reason given but perhaps was for wind. Other people got theirs canceled too but left us scrambling a bit since that was a big thing the kids wanted to do.... Continue Reading →
In London, Cas and Ari had 2 requests. Cas wanted to ride a double-decker bus and Ari wanted to have an English tea. We found a company that let us have an English tea on a double-decker bus while seeing the sights of the city. They also had vegetarian and vegan menus. It was perfect.... Continue Reading →
Part 2 of our Europe 2024 trip. We flew out of SFO around 8pm and arrived in London around noon after sleeping only a few hours on the plane. We needed to keep the kids and ourselves awake until our new bedtime. I should note...we did so many time changes that I don't know that... Continue Reading →
In March we went on a trip to London and Paris. We told our kids that when they turned 10 they could pick somewhere in the world they wanted to go and we would do a family trip. Ari turned 10 last summer and she chose Paris. The next several posts will cover our trip.... Continue Reading →
Returning to Paradise 