DISCLAIMER: Julie wrote this post as well.
We left Paris for the relaxing countryside of Switzerland. While its very beautiful, it’s also very expensive so we have been cooking all of our meals…turns out Matt is quite the cook! We hiked up the base of Schilthorn, however, due to waist high snow we were unable to continue the trek to the top. But no need to worry we found a way! We took the lift…what a genius idea 🙂 The view was gorgeous and we could see for miles!
DISCLAIMER: Julie wrote this post.
After our arrival into Paris, we decided we wouldn’t be true tourists if the first thing we saw was not the Eiffel tower. Therefore, to the Eiffel Tower we went. We had to open a bottle of champagne under the tower. This was very important to Julie as she was able to cross it off her bucket list. It also happened to be night, so we were able to view it with all of the lights on. Also, every hour it has a light show so we were able to see that as well.
After crossing the Channel tunnel into France and taking another train west out of Paris, we finally arrived at Caen, France. Caen is the largest town in the Normandy region on France. We located our rental car and hotel and then headed over to the Memorial Museum.
Katie and Justin flew out of Salt Lake City on May 25 and met up with Julie during our layover in Detroit. From there, we flew across the Northern Atlantic to London. After some slight delays at Heathrow, we finally made it to our hotel and met Alan and Matt. We quickly ran over to Westminster to visit the Abbey before it closed.
As many of you know, we have planned a new trip to Europe for the summer of 2012. We will be travelling for 3 weeks starting May 25 and getting back June 18. Here’s the rundown of our itinerary: