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Bees, Monuments, and a Cave
We started our day driving towards Delphi, Greece. We made a stop at Moka Honey and I am so glad we did. We did a tour with the company that was absolutely amazing. We sat down at a table and he told us all about the bee anatomy, life cycle, and the bee colony. We…
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Floating Monasteries
We traveled to Kalambaka in Thessaly, central Greece. Here we discovered absolutely breathtaking scenery and monasteries built on sandstone cliffs. There are 6 remaining monasteries that can be visted that are collectively called the Meteora Monasteries. In Greek the word meteora means “suspended in air.” We visited all of them and went into 5 (one…
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Coastal Greece
We headed to the coast of Greece to a thermal lake called Lake Vauliagmeni full of minerals. It’s warm water and minerals provide a therapeutic experience. A crazy part of the lake was it had a fish called Garra rufa. They normally feed on algae and zooplankton, however they also eat dead skin. When you…
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Historic Ancient Greece
Up, up, and away. Seeing and hearing the Greek language on the plane was pretty wild. There are orange trees everywhere, which was just cool to see. They next day after a refreshing night’s sleep we headed out to explore many ancient Greek sites in Athens, Greece. We started our day with a new treat…
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Belgium
We picked two towns in Belgium to explore and of course try their waffles and chocolate. The first town was Brugge and possibly one of the prettiest we have visited in Europe. We walked their streets and tried waffles at Otto’s. Next up was Brussels, the capital of Belgium. We headed to the Grote Markt…
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Dunkerque (Dunkrik in English), France
We continued our trip in northern coastal France in the town of Dunkirk. A town in which a famous mission took place in 1940 near the beginning of WWII. We started on the beach where you can see shipwrecked boats from the Dunkirk mission during low tide. We then went to the Dunkrik mesuem to…
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A Town on an Island
Mont-St-Michel is a town on an island in Normandy, France leaving you awestruck in the architecture and beauty. The town can be seen for miles. We walked around the narrow streets and steep stairs. We visited the most prominent building on the island, the Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel. We learned that an abbey is a religious…
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Normandy, France
It was such a privilege to be able to stand in such historical places and see first hand so many sacrifices, beyond belief, that were made. We did begin our day by visiting a local patisserie for eclars, one of our favorite French foods. Our first stop on our WWII tour was the Overlord Museum.…
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Disney and Exploring France
When in France…Disney was a must. We fast passed our way through two parks and did a Disney first for us. Well, besides the fact that Disney Paris was a first, we opened and closed the park down with no break. 30,000 steps later, we explored every part of the park and rode almost every…
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Oui oui, the Caldwells are in Paris!
We started our adventure in Paris on Saturday night with views of the Eiffel tower and a fancy birthday dinner for Jovie. The next morning, we hit the ground running in a full day of visiting Paris landmarks. We started at the Arc de Triomphe. The Arc was built to commemorate those who fought and…
