Laters London - MC and JD's adventure back to NZ
Another beautiful day in Paris. Time to try see how much French culture we have picked up.
Another lazy start with breakfast and a coffee looking out the window at the Eiffel Tower, bliss. A fitting view as we are headed there today. After some more admin and North America planning we navigated the metro once more to find Rue Cler, a shopping street near the Eiffel tower.
We set about perusing the local shops and putting together a picnic, ordered pretty much all in French! Once we had this we went to Champ de Mars for a picnic below the tower, probably one of the more picturesque picnics we have had. Something about eating baguettes and cheese with a glass of wine while watching tourists try for the perfect photo makes you feel rather French! Although we might not quite be there yet as our glasses were actually keep cups!
Next on the list was a spot of
Living like a local
September 11, 2018
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Paris, France
Another beautiful day in Paris. Time to try see how much French culture we have picked up.
Another lazy start with breakfast and a coffee looking out the window at the Eiffel Tower, bliss. A fitting view as we are headed there today. After some more admin and North America planning we navigated the metro once more to find Rue Cler, a shopping street near the Eiffel tower.
We set about perusing the local shops and putting together a picnic, ordered pretty much all in French! Once we had this we went to Champ de Mars for a picnic below the tower, probably one of the more picturesque picnics we have had. Something about eating baguettes and cheese with a glass of wine while watching tourists try for the perfect photo makes you feel rather French! Although we might not quite be there yet as our glasses were actually keep cups!
Next on the list was a spot of
shopping and then back home for a rest. Tonight we are meeting up with Caroline, a French friend we met in London. We met in Caroline's neighborhood of the 19th arrondissement, near canal de l'ourcq. This is an up and coming area...read gentrification. We also found another reminder of the number of refugees and immigrants still coming into Europe, open air French lessons occurring in the main square. Caroline took us for a wander down the canals where we sat and drank cider while watching the sun go down. Later on we said goodbye and headed to a local brasserie for dinner of snails, steak and steak tartare. I think we are doing pretty well at being French!
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On our way!
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The second longest travel day... so far!
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What we came to Norway for
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Travelling through postcard worthy scenery
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The city of seven mountains
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Our first overnight train and Ryanair sucks
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Tiger Woods and Ellie Lock
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Scotland in the school holidays
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A sleep in and a distillery
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Island hopping in Scotland
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A Ben is a mountain
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Highland weekend
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Hopefully the earliest start of the trip
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Catalonian culture and Spanish summers
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Travel lessons
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The Moorish Kingdom in Europe
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Exploring sunny Granada
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Holy shit it's hot
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Seville round 2
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Back to Madrid
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Spanish Culture and 101 Montaditos
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Travel days and Swiss facts
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Toddlers and Mountains
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Cow fighting and Swiss horn orchestra
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À bientôt Suisse et ciao Italia!
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Back to the seaside!
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Wine tasting and the beach
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Scenic walk and the beach
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Falling Towers and the Renaissance
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Michael and David
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Florence round two
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Avoiding flying Italians
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Tour de Umbria
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Don't go chasing waterfalls between 1 and 3pm
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Saints and signal failure
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Floating city and random catch ups
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Sunsets, pasta and tiramisu
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Ciao Italia, zdraveĭ Bŭlgariya
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More Romans and the Ottomans
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Balkan bites
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Victory Day!
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The oldest city….we have visited
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Pilgrimage to ANZAC Cove
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Living in caves
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Sun comes up, sun goes down
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Hiro tour let’s go!
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It’s a party in the sky with Turkish Airlines!
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Corn, fish sandwiches, and the art of bargaining
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The longest travel day by far
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Chilling and a cultural education
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Famous graves and forest walks
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Living like a local
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Escaping the city
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New York, New York!
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Bagels and memorials
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Old faces and sexy shoes
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J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS
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Green space in a concrete jungle
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“Bonus” night in NYC
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Toronto!
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We can play dodgeball!
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The bright lights of the big waterfall
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Roughriders and Whiskey
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The Sunshine State
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Going to the zoo zoo zoo
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California Sunsets
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I feel the need, the need for speed!... and shopping!
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Beverley Hillbillies
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A day at the beach
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Escape to suburbia
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Back to the hustle
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Last day on tour
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The most beautiful country in the world
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