This is the story of the McQueen family's vacation to Paris and Italy. We had a wonderful time; bookmark this page, and relive our trip the way we lived it originally -- one day at a time:
Day One Flight from L.A., arrival, and walk to Ile de la Cité Sunday, June 16(...) |
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Day Two Early morning at the Louvre, and the Eiffel Tower (what else?) Monday, June 17 |
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Day Three Tourist sights and major jet-lag! Tuesday, June 18 |
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Day Four Arc de Triomphe, Champs-Elysées, and the Louvre Wednesday, June 19 |
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Day Five Boat on the Seine, Park Villette, Moulin Rouge Thursday, June 20 |
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Day Six Versailles, and an evening surprise Friday, June 21 |
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Day Seven Opera house, Notre Dame, carnival in the Tuileries Saturday, June 22 |
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Day Eight Musée d'Orsay, Berthillon's ice cream Sunday, June 23 |
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Day Nine Park Vincennes, miniature golf Monday, June 24 |
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Bonus Day The overnight train to Venice |
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Day Ten Venice, vaporettos and San Marco Square Tuesday, June 25 |
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Day Eleven Murano island glass blowing Wednesday, June 26 |
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Day Twelve The Lido, swimming in the Mediterranean Thursday, June 27 |
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Day Thirteen Train to Florence Friday, June 28 |
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Day Fourteen Leaning Tower of Pisa, Florence night life Saturday, June 29 |
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Day Fifteen Train to Rome Sunday, June 30 |
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Day Sixteen The Colosseum Monday, July 1 |
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Day Seventeen The Vatican Tuesday, July 2 |
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Day Eighteen The flight home Wednesday, July 3 |
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Our apartment in Paris A look at our accommodations in Paris. |
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Granpa Who's the old guy? A cute story, check it out... |