France Photo Recap

As many of you know, the hubby and I recently celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary in France.  As promised, here is a photographic recap of some of our trip details.  I took nearly 1,000 photos over the 2 weeks we were away (what can I say, I love me some pictures!!) that I certainly don't expect all of you to comb through, so I'm including the highlights here.  I hope you enjoy!

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One of my favorite parts of the trip was...

Yes, that's a Nutella crepe (the first of many) and it was DELICIOUS!  What a way to say "Bonjour Paris"!  Equally tasty was this gelato...

and the famous hot chocolate at Cafe Angelina:

Y.U.M.M.Y!!!  Besides the heavenly desserts, pastries and breads, we enjoyed an abundant selection of wine (of course!):

and fresh roses everywhere we turned, like these beauties:

Speaking of gorgeous views, check these out:

Paris

Paris

Provence

Provence

Provence

Provence

Eze

Eze

Eze

Eze

Monaco

We started in Paris, then took the high speed train to Aix-en-Provence before finishing the trip in Eze.  Aix and Eze were lovely smaller towns with French countryside charm.  We didn't have any set itineraries for either destination, but rather took each day as it came and explored whatever we came across.

In Paris, there was a lot we wanted to see, so we were up early every day in an attempt to accomplish as much as we could!  We visited a bunch of famous landmarks and museums:

Champs-Élysées

Notre Dame

statue in the park

the famous Mona Lisa

Louvre Museum

Musée d'Orsay

Rodin Museum

Invalides

Arc de Triomphe

The Opera

Versailles

Sacre Cour

And of course...

Eiffel Tower, 5/23/2012

All in all, it wasn't the most relaxing trip we've ever taken (thanks in large part to a couple unwelcome home-related events we had to face both before and during the trip - more info on those later), but it was soooooooo very nice to finally get some time away together.  France has been on "my list" for a while now, and I'm thankful to have gotten the chance to see it with my sweetheart.  Happy 3rd anniversary, hubby, and cheers to many more to come!!!

Well, that's all for now - thanks for coming with us down memory lane!


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Sunday Evening at Home

This evening, something doubly unexpected happened...

I cooked dinner:

while my handsome hubby installed hooks on the inside of our hall closet doors:

How's that for a quick dose of Sunday evening surprise!?  ;)

We're baaaaack!

Bonjour!  We arrived home from France to this:

this...

and with about 4 loads of laundry!  Shockingly, our flight landed almost an hour ahead of schedule (how unusual!) but the wait for our luggage and our cab and the traffic on the way home made up for that bit of good luck.  ;)  Unfortunately, the video wasn't working on the flight entertainment systems, despite the many number of times the attendants attempted a reboot and we did hit a few patches of turbulence, but we made it home safely.

Oh, it's good to be home!  I'm not usually one to enjoy returning home after a vacation... after all, Shep has had to pull me out of various hotel closets on several occasions and force me to return home.  But this time, I was ready and so happy to come home.  Could I be... gulp... growing some love for our new apartment after all?!

Apologies for the lack of posting I've been doing over the past several weeks -- things were hectic leading up to the trip and I haven't quite gotten back into a routine yet, but I promise that (backdated) posts and photos are forthcoming!