Well we did it! We took a one day trip to Paris. In my wildest dreams, I would not have thought I would live so close to one of the world’s greatest and most beautiful cities. We got up Saturday morning and took our Peugeot minivan on our first rode trip. It took about 2 hrs for us to get up and ready, but with 1 shower and 6 people, I think that was pretty good. We left at 9am and the drive was about 4 hours long.
Our main destination for this 1st trip was the Eiffel Tower. We plan on making many return trips in the future. The weather was great! We parked our car and walked about 4 blocks to the Eiffel Tower. It was beautiful and breathtaking and larger than life. We were not able to go up to the top this trip because we decided to bring Prince, our poodle along dogs are not allowed to go up. But that will certainly be something we do on the next trip.
The children were really impressed. They realized how blessed they were to be able to be there. This was John's first request when we told him we were moving to France. He wanted to see the Eiffel Tower first.
We had lunch at a café right across the street from the Eiffel Tower. They had really good French fries! We also had beignets (French doughnuts) and ice cream. Then we walked to the Arc de Triomphe and down the Avenue des Champs Elysees. The Arc was a grand site. But the kids were really impressed by seeing the designer stores, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Aston Martin etc. as we walked the boulevard. It was really a dream come true. We left about 6 pm and were home before 11pm. Can you believe it!
2 comments:
Clarrette,
Those pictures are so beautiful!
Well, we are doing fine here. Shannon is reading on the 3rd grade level (thanks to your home-schooling supplies), and she is loving kindergarten. Priscilla is doing very well in 2nd grade, and she just sang her first solo at church. They will be starting karate classes in October. Jada's speech is coming along very nicely! She is 33% potty trained. She won't use the potty, but she doesn't like to be wet either. Today I made her clean up her own mess on the carpet. Tyrone is working hard, as usual. I'm working hard, and taking real time out to enjoy the Lord these days. I've slowed down a good bit, and I finally have peace about being a SAHM! I even joined the PTO, and I'm the "Room Mom" for Shannon's class!!! I planted some mums beside the mailbox, and Tyrone taught me how to operate the riding lawnmower! Life is good here, but I miss your beautiful family sooo much! Give everyone a big squeeze from the McClellan family!
Hi Clarette,
We definitely have synchronicity. I thought about you yesterday and got your message today. I'm glad to see that you all are doing well. I see that John is still performing. God is really going to bless him with his distinct personality. My children's church class is definitely missing his spunk and tenacity. I'm still in grind as usual. Work, church, and school. Do you know that they want you to actually read and do research when you get an MBA? Somebody should have told me because I might have had second thoughts. Just know that you are missed and loved!
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