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Day 9 – Brugge
So it turns out that Brugge is AWESOME! We liked it so much that we changed our plans and decided to stay another day. We started the day with a boat tour through the canals (they want to be known as the Venice of the North) and a little walk around town. Since we were […]
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Day 8 – Travel Day
Starting on day 8, we had no reservations and no set plans. From here on it’s just looking at the map and wandering wherever looks exciting. We settled on Brugge, Belgium. We packed up our room in Paris and headed to the train station with our Eurorail passes in hand. It was a loooong, difficult […]
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Day 7 – last day in Paris
Brad started the day with a tour of the catacombs while Kenzie, Grace, and I had breakfast at a local cafe bistro. More walking and a boat tour down the Seine river, then past Notre Dame before it started to pour again! We’re ready to head to the train station in the morning and get […]
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Day 6 – Paris
After a long day of travel, we slept in and took our time getting out to see the city. Brad booked us an Air BnB in the city so it was pretty convenient to walk… we started at the Louvre, had some crepes, learned about the locks on bridges, then ended the day at the […]
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Day 4 – Rome
Day 4 in Rome started out WET! Brad had arranged for a small tour of the Colosseum with two other families… both happened to be from the states and one family was from southern Oregon! After the Colosseum, we rented bikes and rode outside of town down the Appian Way. It’s one of the original […]
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Day 3…. And 3rd gelato!
We took the train to Naples and then on to Rome. Trying to get on track with our sleep schedule, we dropped our luggage at the hotel and went for a walk. We passed the Colosseum, stopped for gelato (again), and wandered the city.
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Day 2 -Pompeii
Today we explored Pompeii. Kenzie did a lot of research about the city for her 4th grade independent project so she was able to tell stories about the places we saw including the House of Stephanus, the Garden of Fugitives, and Pompeii’s Coliseum. Tonight ended with another torrential downpour, this time with huge hail!
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We’re off to Italy
The day started off with a 6am flight to Newark then an 8 1/2 hour flight to Naples. From there we took an hour bus ride to our hotel in Sorrento, passing Mount Vesuvius along the way. Since our room wasn’t quite ready, we explored the town then returned for a 5 hour nap. We […]
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The Story of the Wildfires
The Atlantic published a great story about the wildfires and all that went on behind the scenes. The PDF of that story is included here.
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