It’s official, I am Jeffrey A. McNeil. I have received my new social security card, drivers license, passport and my name at work has changed all to Jeffrey A. McNeil. Every now and then when I pick up the phone I need to make a conscious effort to say McNeil….
WOOHOO! Disneyworld has been booked! Jenn and I will be there for a lovely 8 day seven night stay at the economical Disney All-star Music resort. We have a 7 day pass to all the parks and will be spending tons of time on the rides and pin trading. This…
Okay, so I’m a loser who didn’t post while we were there due to my not having the equipment to transfer photos, and I’m an even bigger loser that now when I could have the photos on the computer, I don’t, so I am using Marriott’s pictures. I will add…
Aside from an incredible amount of takiing both before and after our flight, the flight went well and we didn’t get diverted! woo hoo! Home now and got all clean in what now seems to be a gigantic shower. Cozying up in bed watching Friends (in English) and eating Taco…
Today was nice finish to our vacation. Didn’t do much in the morning but went out for a nice lunch at Village Ronsard and and excellent dinner at the Odeon Cafe. Bottle of wine, grilled salmon for Jeff, Penne with Salmon and dil sauce for me, and cafe creme for…
So Midnight at the Eiffel Tower was a big bummer. They did nothing! Well, nothing apart from what they do every night, every hour, a glittering of lights we saw 3 times while waiting for the big moment. There were no fireworks anywhere inside the main part of Paris. Tourists,…
Just popped the champagne! Yeah it’s only 5:30 but we were thirsty. Couldn’t resist posting a few photos.
Disneyland was a blast! And amazingly being on our feet all day didn’t make us too sleepy till the end: perhaps because we climbed maybe a 100thof the stairs we are accustomed to here in Paris. The day was jam packed with yummy snacks, walking all over the park, and…
Had a fabulous time walking the Champs and “window shopping” at all the booths, not to mention the eating. I love eating in Paris. First we had a polish sausage and frites, then onto barbe-a-papa (cotton candy) for Jeff and what else but a Nutella crepe for me (see the…
Our first trip out of the city center so far, we went to Versailles today via RER. Just a 40 minute ride to this chateau of Louis XIV as well as the domain of Marie Antoinette. There is a ton of snow on the ground in this part of town,…
Jeff and I got all dolled up for dinner at 58, the restaurant on the first level of the Eiffel Tower. We enjoyed a glass of champagne, a bottle wine, tiger prawns, chestnut soup, ginea fowl, veal, baba with rum and profiterol with chocolate, as well as a coffee night cap. …
After 12 hours of sleep, we woke up well rested, ate some yummies, and went to the Orsay Museum for a few hours. “No pictures allowed” anymore, so I didn’t get much. =P We are off to take a nap now before our big evening.
Finally open and de-iced, we got to walk not 285 spiral stairs like Arc de Triomphe, but 408 spiral steps to the gargoyle level of Notre Dame! Very cool to see those little guys from a new angle. We also got to see the old grand bell. HUGE! We stopped…
Well we tried to go to 5 places this morning, but only succeeded in going to 3. The others were closed for one reason or another, but we did get to see Monet’s water lillies at L’Orangerie. The photos don’t do them justice. I’ll need to adjust color when…
So we slept pretty much 16 hours straight and finally didn’t need a nap during the day. However it is only 9:30pm here and we have been fighting the urge to sleep since we ate over an hour ago. What is it with this place? =P Today was filled with…