pont du gard

Europe was amazing – all of it.  Which is why I’ve found it so difficult to answer the question, “what was the best part?”.   All if it.  Absolutely all of it!  I had no idea I’d like Paris as much as I did, no idea I’d find London so interesting, and definitely no idea this place even existed.  Pont Du Gard is a 2000 year old Roman Aquaduct AND a national recreation area.  I loved it.  Hiking up above it, walking across it, and splashing in the clear water below it.  Loved it!  I wished I’d brought some camping gear and the freedom to stick around.

That second to last one is 180 year old graffiti.  Tagging in the 1830’s…

 

 

it will be nice to go to Nice

I got super overwhelmed this weekend.  We had a Europe planning session on Sunday afternoon, we covered quite a bit, and yet it was only the tip of the iceberg.

I am not complaining – this is going to be spectacular.  However, we are squeezing a lot into two weeks.  I know this because honey has created a full blown Excel workbook of our trip.  This is not a joke.  We have now calculated every awake hour of every day in each location.  I’m surprised I don’t yet know what time I’m waking up on July 13th.

Still not complaining.  I read somewhere once that couples typically have one planner and one “wing-it”er(?), I just never expected myself to be the latter. It’s kind of amazing.  My only real concern happened when I realized we only have about 24 awake hours in the South of France.  The relaxing part of the trip.  My favorite part of the trip.

This part of the trip…

à faire

According to google translate, that’s french for “to do”.  I’m practically fluent.

A week ago we were so very closing to clicking “buy” on our tickets to Europe, so close in fact, that knowing we’d be spending a good amount of time in France, I googled “best things to do in France”.  The website I stumbled upon was awesome, and even more awesome was it’s list of the 10 most beautiful places to see in France.

Mont Saint-Michel…