Paris Part 3: Art is Exhausting

Before heading out to go see Le Louvre, we listened to our audio history on the Impressionists Monet, Renoir, Degas and Cassatt. We needed to get our art straight before heading into the massive Louvre. Outside of the metro station we marvelled at the Opera Garnier. We ended up near Champs-Élysées (shahns ay lee zay)…

Rest from the French Countryside

The day finally arrived! We were on our way to Europe. I had to keep reminding myself that we were going to be living as Europeans for the next two months and there was a lot of pre planning to do, including bills due in October that still come by paper mail. Regardless, I had…

Challenge: Letting Go and Living Without

Our upcoming adventure is Europe. On reading up on how to do this on more of a shoestring budget and in a more “recycling” sort of way, it was recommended to travel light. Having one carry on baggage sounds like it will be the way to go. In all my research, I’m finding out that…

New Life Resolutions

Yes you read that correct, providing that you put the emphasis on Life Resolutions. New is just the adjective. It is a bit early for new goals though right? Costco doesn’t even have Christmas trees out yet (give them time people) Well it all starts with the T-shirt I had when I was in junior…

An Emotionally Charged Two Weeks

What a whirlwind the last two weeks were, which is appropriate as Wyoming is known as “Windy Wyoming”. It had been nearly 4 years or so since we last saw my side of the family and it was an emotional time to see them and get to know them again. We had three national celebrations…

Come and perfect the art of being active

Thank goodness for drinking tons of Herbal Concentrate Tea so we could be excited and awake to see Cortnie. Last Friday found us exhausted from flying from the Dominican from 2 pm to 2 am and finally arriving at our hotel at 4:30 am. Gratefully, we slept until 11 am. We then drove the hour or…