We packed our days in Europe with all the museums, memorials, and other special stops we could! It was not a leisurely, get-up-at-1o-am type of vacation (made evident by our itinerary) - but you know what? That's a good thing! After all, we only had a limited amount of time in Europe and I think we would have regretted sleeping in and not trying to squeeze everything we could out of the trip! After our afternoon in Ypres, Belgium, we stopped at an outdoor museum area at the back of a … [Read more...]
Verdun, France: Memorials + Forts
We've made it exactly halfway through our Europe trip on the blog! :) The first half of our 2-week trip was spent in London and in Paris. I've shared posts about the British Museum, the Tower of London/Wesminster Abbey/Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, the Changing the Guard Ceremony at Buckingham, the climb to the top of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, our journey on the Eurostar from London to Paris, why we DIDN'T do the Eiffel Tower, and our day at the palace of Versailles. Whew! That's a lot … [Read more...]