Nearing the end!!!

I can't believe it's only a few weeks until we fly back to La Crosse! The crazy European adventure must end sometime, I just didn't think it would be when I still have so much work to do! Here, at any rate, are some pictures from our trip to Paris. We spent a long weekend for our anniversary (number 2!!!) sipping wine, eating crepes, and being snubbed--and it was fantastic!

NOTE: Again, some of the pictures are cut off, just click to view the whole image!

Here's my wonderful lady on our first stroll around Paris. And what should we find but a super-awesome arch hanging out in the middle of everything!


I hope this is pretentious enough; here I am enjoying my 9 euro coffee on Ile de la Cite. It was good coffee...

Notre Dame is rather impressive, no? And this is just the famous front, it's really long too, and has a great statue of Charlemagne in front.

The inside of the cathedral is very...Victor Hugo.

Our obligatory tourist shots in front of the Eiffel Tower. We had a perfect day for this visit!

I convinced Anna that we needed to go to the very top. I think I made a good call.


A million stairs leading up the hill to Sacre Coeur, which has a great view of Paris looking south.

Our final day was much more rainy, but the Arc de Triomphe is still pretty cool, and much much bigger than I imagined!

As you can probably tell, we had a great time, and between great wine, great food (mostly baguettes), and great sights, Paris is definitely on the list of places to go back to!

Good Stuff Abounds

Aloha to all! We're into countdown-mode these day, with a paltry 6 weeks remaining of our time here in London. We've had a few notable adventures since the last update, starting with a quick weekend jaunt to Canterbury.

While we did have a great time--and Canterbury is beautiful--I would have perhaps enjoyed the time more if I didn't have to take the GRE English Lit subject test while we were there. Good fun, you can imagine.


Canterbury is this awesome, mostly-medieval feeling village, complete with old gate towers, cobblestone corridors, and of course the cathedral dominating the skyline.

We were fortunate enough to visit the cathedral around sunset, and so reap the benefit of beautiful lighting. Notice the somewhat haggard look to my face, as though I recently took a 3-hour test that I didn't much enjoy...

This is a slanted house. If that's not curious enough for you, Charles Dickens mentioned it in one of his stories.

The cathedral is magnificent, and pops into view all over the place between the different houses and shops.

Canterbury is also a big college town, with 4 universities that were all coming into term just as we were there. Swarming with undergrads...gag...

A pretty enjoyable excursion, despite tests and all. We stayed at a little B&B in town for the weekend, and loved the quick train ride through the English countryside. Worth a visit if one is ever in the area!