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  • We Have Arrived in Paris

    After an overnight flight from Montreal, we have landed in Paris.  We caught the train into town, switched to the metro for one stop and found our accommodation without too much hassle.  Our Air B&B is in the 4th arrondissement, also called Marais/Hotel de Ville.  Two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a full kitchen and some hanging…

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  • We are off to France

    Eric is doing his first semester of teacher training at the University of Tours, an hour south of Paris.  We have decided to take a quick family trip in Paris, then take him to Tours to get settled.   After that, Ryan will head north into Switzerland to visit a friend and Dave and Kris will…

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  • Italy – Venice

    We spent our last day slowly enjoying Venice. We started in the sestiere of San Marco, the administrative and religious center of the city. The loggetta at the base of the St Mark’s campanile (bell tower) was a gathering place for nobles visiting the square on government business.  We took the Vaparetto across to the…

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