From Paris’s Louvre to the Streets of Porto, Portugal

With only a few days in Paris and a wedding taking up a lot of time, we certainly couldn’t see everything Paris has to offer. However, besides the Eiffel Tower, the one other must see location is the Louvre. We headed there Wednesday morning. The Louvre is one of those places one could spend hours, even days going through. Filled with a variety of art from different eras, locations, and styles, it is an art lover’s dream location. We didn’t…

Destination Wedding Celebration in Paris

We went to Europe to celebrate the wedding ceremony of my son Aaron and his fiance Michelle in Paris. Destination weddings have become quite popular these days so let me take some time to explain a little about how having a wedding in Paris worked. I didn’t have much to do in terms of planning the wedding. However, I heard about it so I can provide some insight. First of all a couple cannot get legally married in Paris unless…

Rain Free in Paris to See St. Chappel

After struggling through three days of cold and rain in Belgium, it was a relief to wake up on Monday morning and see it was not raining. In fact there was actually some spots of blue sky. It was a great day to travel by train to Paris and see some sights including St. Chappel and the Arc de Triomphe. The train to Paris leaves from the Midi train station in Brussels. We didn’t want to miss the train so…

Is Seeing Enough?

A number of years ago my wife’s niece got married in Paris. It was in May so I was unable to go, but she and my daughter went. They arrived a week ahead of the wedding to have the opportunity to tour Paris, and tour they did. I got reports each night about the churches, museums or other places they had visited and how tired they were after walking all day. They tried to see it all. A few years…