Tour de France

France : Paris, Tours, Loire Valley, Bayeux, Mont St Michel, Normandy, Lyon, Marseille, Avignon, Carcassonne, Versailles

Italy : Rome, Vatican
Winter 2015

Sailing away to the South of France at Marseille
(Feb-2015)

Journal Entry... So I find myself back in French territory after seven years... with the traveling hubby. Unlike that first visit, we were no longer intimidated to venture out of capital Paris. Now at ease to public transport, exploring the rest of France was the most logical thing to do on a return. Here's a toast to one city, or rather... "One country at a time!" 

bonjour bonsoir le tour Eiffel oui!

France : Paris

Winter 2008

In the company of the iconic Eiffel Tower, in Paris
(Feb-2008)

Journal Entry... Paris will not be complete without the towering steel structure in my opinion. Eiffel Tower - with its sparkling warm yellow lights every ten minutes on every hour from 6PM up until midnight, and flashing bright white lights for ten minutes at 1AM - was icing to my month-long Paris sojourn! 

The Royal Show

France : Versailles

Winter 2008

Communing with the ducks at the Grand Canal in Versailles
(Feb-2008)

Journal Entry... An hour of train ride from Paris, it was a must to have a picnic in Versailles on a whim.  On a month's sojourn, hubby and I pulled off with a picnic in the Versailles gardens where only the royals used to roam, twice. 

Entree: Paris Disneyland

France : Marne la Vallee

Winter 2008

A third Disneyland experience, in French language, at Marne-la-Vallee
(Feb-2008)

Journal Entry... I'm on a 3rd Disneyland experience... after Disney World, in Orlando - 2000, and HK Disneyland - 2006. What's Disneyland Park, in Paris, like? 

Seaside Rendezvous

France : Blonville-Sur-Mer

Winter 2008

On the rocky shores of Blonville-Sur-Mer in Normandy
(Feb-2008)

Journal Entry... Francoise, the apartment owner, invited us for  a day at her beach home in Blonville-Sur-Mer in the coast of Normandy. Regardless of the season, one gets sidetracked to the beach. Like us on a winter day... 

Churches of Paris

France : Paris

Winter 2008

The Hunchbacks of Notre-Dame
(Feb-2008)

Journal Entry... There's always a time for prayer on every travel. First day in Paris, I headed immediately to the Ile-de-la-Cite, or the little island of Paris, to the most visited Church in Paris-- the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. 

A Parisian Flair

France: Paris
Winter 2008

Getting acquainted with Eiffel Tower in Paris
(Jan-2008)

Journal Entry... My first travel to Europe. I am overly excited to find out why Sabrina in that same-titled movie said, "Paris is my hometown."