-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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.…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Weekend in Germany
We stayed local on Saturday in Weisbaden. We rode our bikes downtown, stopping for blackberries on the way. We found an awesome playground on the way. We then rode by the palace that is downtown Weisbaden. On our way back toward home, we found castle ruins. The next day, we drove to Cochem for a…
-
Tour de France!
We had the amazing opportunity to see the riders come through Pontarlier, France for the 20th leg of the Tour de France. We arrived to our AirBNB on Friday. Well, we had to wait for a cow herd to cross the road. It was such a cute, quaint cabin in the middle of a small…
