Awards
Cleanest Streets Japan. Dirtiest Streets Rome. Favourite Park Villa Borghese in Rome. Best Snow Ishiuchi, Japan. Nicest Weather France and Italy in October and November. Most Inconvenient Rain Florence. Favourite Snow-Related Memory A: Driving around Ishiuchi. B: Clearing a metre of snow off the car in Japan. F: Skiing. J:
Awards
Best Train System Italy for overland travel (Japan’s Shinkansen were also good but more expensive). Singapore for underground travel. Worst Bus System ROME. Favourite Non-Train/Bus Mode of Transport A: Biking in France. B: Trams in Helsinki. F: Car. J: Plane. Favourite Public Transport Moment A: Reading Harry Potter
Flights
AKA: How we got from France to Canada via a week in Barbados The Wednesday we left Paris was one of our longer travel days. We were originally booked to fly Paris to Miami and straight on to Barbados, but that flight was cancelled so we had to rebook Paris
Haiku
Here we are again already... Day 85 • 28 Nov • Wavre A life admin day Is needed now and then to Keep up with it all. Day 86 • 29 Nov • Wavre Our day in Brussels: Fries, waffles, Christmas markets… Oh, and Warhammer! Day 87 • 30 Nov • Wavre to Paris Dessert for
Finland
You know who you are! Enjoy! 😁
France
Our second destination for Tuesday's sightseeing was the Eiffel Tower! Although this was B's and my third trip to Paris, we had never climbed the Eiffel Tower before. So that's what we wanted to do this time! By the time we booked online several
France
For our first expedition on our busy Tuesday in Paris, we headed to the Paris Catacombs. More properly an ossuary (bone yard), A and I had tried to get here on two previous visits (note for fellow travellers: the catacombs are NOT open on Mondays — ever!). Open to the public
France
Here are some photos from the Christmas markets we went to on Monday afternoon in the Tuileries Garden, a big park bordered on two sides by the River Seine and the Louvre... 0:00 /0:39 1× 0:00 /0:13 1× 0:00 /0:36 1×
France
Here are a few more photos from our visit to the largest museum in the world... It had been J's idea to go to the Louvre and see the Mona Lisa — it seems to have made a big impression on him when his teacher told the class about
France
In Paris, we went to the Louvre and saw 👀 heaps of famous things and art. 🎨 In the Louvre we saw the Mona Lisa and other art but... I don't know what their names are. In the Louvre we walked 🚶♂️ for ages so my feet had exploded ages before
France
On Saturday, we drove from Brussels through France to Paris and started unpacking and really that was all I thought we were going to do. But then Mum sprung it on us, we were going to a place called Sug Break, where you could have crepes or waffles for dinner.
Haiku
Week 12 already! Day 78 • 21 Nov • Helsa GRIMMWELT in Kassel: Zwei Herren ein Buch schreiben Für die ganze Welt. (To up the challenge I wrote today's haiku in German; here it is in English... GRIMMWELT in Kassel: Two gentlemen write a book For the entire world.) Day