Île de Ré

Île de Ré, France

Despite a fantastic sunrise during our train ride from Paris, we arrived to a dreary looking day as we entered the La Rochelle station. Heading out we hopped onto the bus to Île de Ré. This bus comes regularly (the timetables are posted at the bus stops) and it’ll cost you 5 EUR, one way, […]

Eiffel Tower

Paris, France

Et voilà! We are one week into our Around the World trip and Paris was the perfect introduction: a big city with an easy enough train system; a place where bakeries stand on every street (mon coeur!). We got around with our broken French and a lot of “bonjour, parlez-vous Anglaise?” Many would reply “only […]