We are having a wonderful adventure in Europe. We have seen Utrecht and Haarlem, Netherlands, Oxford, High Wycombe, and London, England, and now we are in Paris, France. We were blessed with two beautiful days (with afternoons of sun) in England. And our most rainy days have been those when we were traveling in the car (like today). Speaking of the car, we did manage to succeed in staying on the left side of the road in England, with the help of a navigator in the passenger seat at all times! Now we are back to the right-side driving. It is beautiful to see all the green countrysides that result from this rain... and then there are the brilliantly yellow fields of mustard. We will see how the weather is tomorrow as we begin our exploration of Paris.
Kylie has been doing a wonderful job of translation from French to English for us, and Nick is giving it a try after one semester of French at the public high school in Spokane plus some private tutoring from Kylie over the last two months. We have so many wonderful pictures that we have managed to take while sharing one to two cameras (depending upon which ones have been remembered and which ones work and which ones got charged at the prized and limited outlets) among seven of us, as we explore. A huge THANK YOU to Kylie for generously sharing her camera with us.
The reason that I am not currently posting these beautiful photos of our adventure is this: at the last place we stayed, we got wonderful, fast Internet connections...for 30 minutes per day. This was just enough time to check email and then make online reservations for parking spots and tour bus tickets. Now, we have unlimited Wi-Fi, but the connection is so weak and intermittent that I am actually sitting in a stairwell to post this note. So, I think I will close now...with high hopes that I will be able to post some pictures from our friends' house in a couple of days.
Enjoying life's adventures,
Kimberly, for the wandering Beines
Kylie has been doing a wonderful job of translation from French to English for us, and Nick is giving it a try after one semester of French at the public high school in Spokane plus some private tutoring from Kylie over the last two months. We have so many wonderful pictures that we have managed to take while sharing one to two cameras (depending upon which ones have been remembered and which ones work and which ones got charged at the prized and limited outlets) among seven of us, as we explore. A huge THANK YOU to Kylie for generously sharing her camera with us.
The reason that I am not currently posting these beautiful photos of our adventure is this: at the last place we stayed, we got wonderful, fast Internet connections...for 30 minutes per day. This was just enough time to check email and then make online reservations for parking spots and tour bus tickets. Now, we have unlimited Wi-Fi, but the connection is so weak and intermittent that I am actually sitting in a stairwell to post this note. So, I think I will close now...with high hopes that I will be able to post some pictures from our friends' house in a couple of days.
Enjoying life's adventures,
Kimberly, for the wandering Beines
Oh! This makes me so happy!! You can't imagine how your words and photos make my heart beat a little faster and smile from ear to ear! I'm so very, very excited for you all!!!
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