Friday, June 6, 2008

EuroTrip

Well, it is about that time to pack our bags and head out on our much anticipated family vacation to Europe! Me, my wife, my mom, my brother, and sister-in-law will be driving from Lockhart to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport tomorrow afternoon to catch a 3:35 flight to Houston-Bush International Airport, then we'll get on a connecting flight that will fly us directly to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France! We will be flying Continental Airlines, which makes me pretty happy. Just about every experience I have had with them has been superb. The trip will be jam-packed with stuff going on but here is a little preview of what we will be doing...

We will arrive on Sunday around lunch time and will head straight to the Hotel Brebant once we get through customs. From that point on, we will likely get a feel for everything in the general vicinity of our hotel and find a place to eat. Sunday will mostly be dedicated to unwinding from the long trip and trying to get our back back under us!

Monday and Tuesday we will get the full experience of Paris. We have 2 day museum and monument passes as well as 5 day metro passes to travel anywhere in the city. The possibilities of what we can do and see are really limitless. We will likely take a boat tour on the river Seine, see the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, Arch de Triomphe, and much much more! Best of all, we will have some of the best eating and shopping experiences you can have in all of Europe!

Wednesday we will be loading up on a bullet train that will get us to London, England in just a few short hours. We have day passes for the public transportation system and will try to cram as much as we can into one day!

Thursday we will be back in Paris and likely try to hit up a few more popular spots as well as rest up for the next day's trip...

Friday we are hopping back on a train a riding across the country side to get a tour of the Normandy beaches. I am especially looking forward to this portion of the trip, as is my brother.

Saturday we will kill time for most of the day. I am sure we will be able to find something to do to pass the time until Sunday arrives and we fly back to the States.

We will be taking tons of pictures so be looking for some of those to make there way here onto my blog and also on my facebook page... Please be in prayer for us as we are over there that we would stay out of harms way and that all of our travel plans will go smoothly. Also, please pray that none of the crazy liberal French men don't start any riots near any of our points of destination!

...A special thanks to Randy and Sylvia Mobley for driving us to and from the airport... And a special thanks to J-Mob for being cool.