Monday, September 17, 2012

Friday, September 14, 2012

Europe 2012

Well our Europe story starts with my sister Emily & her family moving to France for her husbands schooling. Then a cheap flight found late one night. Since it was so late in France we decided lets just book it! (Even with out telling Emily)We booked it, and my excitement became to extreme to not call her at 3 am her time.   So we called, she thought someone had died- but instead it was US telling her we were coming to visit! 
The next couple months consisted of a lot of Skype timing, and a lot of Emily planning. She planned EVERYTHING, and booked EVERYTHING. It was sooo awesome.  
A true love photo opt. 
668 later, we were dying- and finally at the top. 
In the center of Paris

Proof to the "dying" factor of climbing the Eiffel Tower 
A nice eye closing picture
Classic photo

Notre Dame
We did just about every touristy thing to do well
we
were
in
paris.
 
All our feet, in the CENTER of Paris
Sisters. 

Inside the BUBBLE
Emily gave us the opportunity to be able to sleep in a BUBBLE- it was possibly the COOLEST thing in the WORLD. We loved every minute of it. During the day it was SOOO HOT, and at night it was SOOO COOL! We looked at the stars, and enjoyed the night sky. It was such a cool experience. 
Looking at the stars
In the bubble



Emily had set it up so we went GLAMPING for just about the entire time we were traveling. If you are going to Europe, i HIGHLY recommend 1. sleeping in a bubble 2. GO glamping 

Glamping: Glorified Camping

And it truly was glorified, it was staying in a little house. WAY cooler & better then ANY hotel. It was like being on a resort, filled with more little homes, spots to actually camp, and spots to put your RV. Such a genius idea! Families from all around there take there vacation time, and go glamping. The little homes have everything, a kitchen with all your dishes &  cooking needs. We would just go grocery shopping & buy supplies- then go home to cook it. A great money saver. 
Kyle loved the water parks

Liam also loved it


The traveling crew

My Sexy Husband, in front of the NO SHORTS sign
 One of the best parts about our travels was... that Kyle WAS REQUIRED to wear a speedo or European cut speedo. Clearly he chose the European cut. For some reason all the men are required to wear this type of swim suit, if they're swimming in a public pool/water park/etc. The only place you can wear a men's swim suit is at the beach- and even then, they'll look at you like you're crazy.  
Liam loved the rocks at the beach in It











Gelato- DELISH. 
Spain
We truly had SUCH an amazing trip, thanks to EMILY! We had so much fun. It was so exciting being able to see Paris, tour the south of France, a piece of Italy to eat some pasta (which was DEVINE by the way), and Spain. I can't wait to go back and explore the next country. 
A view from a glamping site

Monaco

I want to live there. 

Delicious patisserie 

We loved it. 

Roman Water Duct

On the Mediterranean Sea beach