France with Family!!! Christmas in Paris

Week 19 – France with Family

NOTICE:  We had a really really really great week with Stuart’s mom and brothers during Christmas! Joan did a good job capturing the daily activities on Facebook, so I’m just going to list the different things we did day by day.

Saturday, December 20^th   

·         Picked up everyone from the airport!

·         Chilled at our apartment for a little bit

·         Breakfast at a corner café

·         Champs-Élysées

·          Arc de Triomphe

·         Checked into the apartment

·         Mass at St. Ferdinand

·         Birthday dinner for Mitchell on Rue Mouffetard (fondue!)

Sunday, December 21^st  

·         Waited in a long line for the Catacombes (got some crepes/galettes while we waited)

·         Saw Notre Dame

·         Shakespeare and Company bookstore

·         Berthillon  Ice Cream on Île Saint-Louis 

Monday, December 22^nd  

·         Nice café breakfast

·         La Basilique du Sacré Cœur

·         Moulin Rouge

·         Champs-Élysées Christmas Market

·         Ladurée macaroons

Tuesday, December 23^rd  

·         Versailles !

·         The Grand and Petite Trianon of Versaille

·         The Hamlet of Versaille

·         Thai dinner in neighborhood of the Air BnB apartment

Wednesday, December 24^th  

·         Louvre!

·         Guided tour of Opera Palais Garnier

·         Christmas Mass in Notre Dame (<pretty legit!)

Thursday, December 25^th   

·         Christmas festivities! (Gifts, champagne and pastries for breakfast!)

·         Eiffel Tower

·         Indian dinner with Rachel too

·         Bûche de Noël – Yule log cake and Christmas games

Friday, December 26^th  

·         Rouen medieval city where Joan of Arc was burned

·         Palace of Justice

·         Cathedral

·         Cemetary

·         Church of Joan of Arc (and where she burned)

·         Clock tower/ Le Gros-Horloge

·         Tower where Joan of Arc was tortured

Saturday, December 27^th  

·         Time to say goodbye and go off to separate airports L

Stay tuned for our Italian New Year’s Eve week adventures!! (or just read below J )