| Family Travels Europe Trip 2001 |
| Things to Do -- Places to See |
| Lessons Learned ***Pack light....leave dressier outfits at home. Travel in neutral clothing. *** Pace yourself....don't try to do it all... or the kids get tired and grumpy ***Learn to Picnic....you cannot afford to eat out in restaurants every night. |
| How We Traveled ***Arrived in Paris and used metro for four days ***Rented Car as leaving Paris to drive to Reims, Baden Baden, Mosel, Northern France, Brugge Belgium, back to Paris ***Flew from Paris to Munich....then rented a car to drive to Salzburg for four days ***Flew Munich to Paris--rented car...Visited Chantilly before flying home to the US |
| Amanda age 6 World Traveller |
| Highlights ***Staying in central Paris on the Champs Elysees. ***Baden Baden - we love it ***Mosel Valley & our Winery B&B ***Sound of Music Tour ***Hellbrunn Palace and Salt Mines Don't Do's The Paris Sewer Tours (not kidding) |
| Try New Foods ***Crepes Suzette and Nutella Crepes in France ***Venison in Germany ***Sausages and wursts in Germany ***Fresh fish from a fish farm for lunch, France |
| New Adventures to Try *****Take the Sound of Music Bus Tour in Salzburg ****Ride the Luges in Salzkammergut --the countryside outside of Salburg ****Visit Caracalla Therme Baths for an afternoon of fun... bring swimsuit and towel....rent a locker. ****Take a boat ride tour of Brugge's Canals ***Go fishing to your lunch at a fishery in France... **Pick Blueberries behind Salzburg Fortress ***Go to a Beer Hall (with the kids) |
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| France -- Paris and Champagne Region, Baden Baden and Mosel Valley Salzburg Austria Northern France and Brugge, Belgium |
| In 2001, Dad was working a project in France while he was "living" in Paris. When his project was unexpectedly canceled we decided to turn the trip into a three week long vacation. So we went no plans or reservations except to visit Salzburg. We had already booked a "vacation" of a long four day weekend to Salzburg and had purchased plane flights from Paris. As a result, our itinerary is a little erratic. Arriving, with little or no plan, was a little too free-spirited and as a result, a little stressful to be finding hotels and visiting tourist info centers (TI's) late in the afternoon for bookings. We made plans up as we went. Literally, buying maps and tourist books as we traveled. |
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| Arrive Paris, Stay in La Defense—Jet Lag Paris Sightseeing – Notre Dame, Pompidou, Saint Chapelle Versailles Paris Sightseeing – Lourve, Les Invalides, Place de Concorde & Ferris Wheel Paris Sightseeing – Eiffel Tower, Boat Tour, Picnic Rented a car and drove to Reims, the Champagne region…Stay in Baden Baden Enjoy strolling the streets of Baden Baden and playing at the Caracalla Therme Baths Drive toward Mosel Valley…Visit Trier…find incredible B&B and explore a little Explore Mosel Valley – Bernkastel Kues, Traben Trarbach, Zell, Cochem Leave…Visit Burg Eltz---Drive through Luxembourg and on to Arras Day trip to Breck Beach to relax for the day Day trip to Brugge, Belgium for chocolate and mussels Brent’s 10th Birthday…Fishing for lunch Then to Arras to see the town and do the caves Beaufort---relaxing Plane flights—Paris to Munich…Drive to Salzburg Go to Augustiner Beer Hall Salzburg Sights and Sound of Music Tour Hellbrunn Palace, The Salt Mines, The Lake District and luge Dad’s Birthday…plane flight and layover for six hours in Munich Paris—Seine Walk and Sewers and Visit with our friends in Nozay Visit Chantilly in the morning and plane flight home |
| France, Germany, Austria, Belgium |
| Austrian Countryside Sound of Music Tour |
| Austrian Countryside Sound of Music Tour |
| Luge Rides in Austria |
| Fishing for Lunch in France |
| Canals of Brugge |