How come every time you come around my London London Bridge wanna go down

its true, we went to london. It was really great. We had so much fun wandering around the city. We only paid and went into Parliament and the rest of the time we found free stuff to do. The cheapest place we found to stay was in a dorm room, so that was funny. For 3 days we lived off bagels and granola bars and croissants. On Monday we decided to treat ourselves so we went to Pizza hut. IT was awesome to eat normal pizza. A few highlights of London were: Big ben tower, Parliament, platform 9 3/4, the british library (we saw tons of original notebooks from composers and authors and the magna carta), double decker buses, London Bridge, buckingham place,sherlock holmes, and just about every building was cool looking. It was really nice to be back in English speaking territory so I could read signs and understand (for the most part) what everyone was saying.
Pictures in no order...

Wild

I can't believe we only have 4 weeks left in Paris. It has flown right by. soon we'll be packing up and heading to Hungary. Wild. Now, what i've been up to. Since Jeannette left I had another visitor (my niece Annie), and I went to Germany. It has been so nice this month to have so many people here and things to do. With Annie we went and saw all the things in Paris, but we also took her to see the chateau Chantilly. It was really cool. The gardens were really cool. They weren't all flowery and well kept they were like woods and patches of wild flowers and lakes and things. I thought it was awesome. I think I could live in a castle. While we were there there was a horse jumping competition going on so we went and watched a few jumps. I thought they would be running real fast and stuff, but it was kinda slow. But, they did jump so it was pretty cool. Pretty sure Annie Loved it. In Germany I stayed with my aunt and uncle. They were awesome. I ate sooo much delicious german food. I think I now weigh double what I used to. It was so fun to be with family and be cooked for constantly.

GERMANY


Donkey fountain


Boat Ride in Louisan Park


Evening Bike Ride


my parents old apartment in germany





FRANCE



We showed Annie the best part of France, baguettes




The gardens and Castle of Chantilly


The horse jumping.

Jeannette's visit

Cade here, been a while since I've done some bloggging. We've had a fun time lately, as would be expected. Kristi's sister Jeannette has been with us for the last 10 days, and Kristi's been having a great time being a tour guide. Here are some of the highlights...


The view of the sunset behind Notre Dame

Us three at Sacre Coeur

Kristi and Jeannette gargoyles up on top of Sacre Coeur

Kristi on her visit to Versailles with Jeannette

Kristi in Marie Antoinette's village at Versailles

Kristi and Jeannette up the Eiffel Tower

Can't really see, but that's Jeannette and Kristi on a bridge in a random park in Paris

Les Invalides

Then here is where the highlight, in my opinion, begins. This is one side of the Chateau of Blois. We decided to do a bike ride in the Loire Valley on Saturday, biking from Blois to Cheverny, to Chambord, then back to Blois. All in all, about 32 miles, and it was a blast.

The four of us, invited Ross Rudd who we met in the ward and is in Paris for a few months.

Chateau of Beauregard behind us in the distance, about half way between Blois and Cheverny

From a bride, and that bottom part is moss covered water

Jeannette, Ross, and myself on a bridge

Us three in Cheverny

The Chateau of Cheverny

This is how we took pics of it, because we didn't want to pay the entrance fee

Awesome countryside

Chambord

Royal bed in Chambord

From the terraces in Chambord

Chambord

So much fun

Now getting back into Blois, it was so great. We really love the French countryside, and it surprisingly wasn't as hard as any of us thought it may be (since none of us have ever ridden that far).

picz

Things here are just fab as ever ♥


Warning: Picture Over Load


snacks in france are awesome


at a park


This roof is really shiny. quite fab.


Sarbonne (I think)


Notre Dame


Kebabs are a girl's best friend. YUM (and fattening, like majorly)


Cade at our library


On a picnic during Cade's lunch break


Some museum


Fab store


Luxemburg park


I love all the fruitstands. they are everywhere



catacombs=awesome

a note on the last post

The rain has stopped, and I am dieing again (of heat). I don't know if there is a correlation or not, but I think there must be. peace

HOT!

For one week it has been really really hot. outside is hot, inside is hot (no AC), there is no way to get out of it. I have taken up running to pass the time away. I go about 4 miles, probably I walk at least half of it. I don't mean to brag, but it is so awesome that my daily run is to the Eiffel Tower and back. anywho, when I get back I am dripping sweat, like literal dripping. I take cold showers and when I get out I sweat some more. We have to take turns sleeping on the outside of the bed to feel the fan. Finally, today, it is raining and things are cooling down a little. Temperature change is the weirdest thing. this morning it was like a million degrees, now it's like only a thousand. after a million, a thousand feels incredible.

We've been in a bit of a tourism rut, but we're trying to get out again to see more stuff. We bought tickets to go to London in August. We don't really know where to stay, so if anyone knows of anyplace or anyone (cheap) we would love to know. I'm sure I'll post some pictures soon.