Sunday, April 28, 2013

Travel Itinerary-Europe 2013

Last Sunday Dad and I got home from our trip to Europe. There is no chance I'll be able to blog about everything, but I thought I'd at least give you the highlights of each day.. I admit that it's not a very exciting post, but if I tried to add much more it would be overwhelming for both of us. There are pictures on Facebook if you're interested :)



Fri. March 29th- Travel to Paris
Sat., March 30th- walk the neighborhood and see the Grand Opera
Sun., March 31st- walk the neighborhood, discover the Lourve, brouse through books on the left bank, visit Notre Dame and stay for Easter mass, and see the Hotel de Ville
Mon., April 1st- Arc D'Triomphe, Champs Elysees, Pont Alexander, housing protest, and Seine River Cruise by night
Tues., April 2nd- Orsay Museum
Wed., April 3rd- Notre Dame tower, Conciergerie, St. Chappelle, and two neighborhood churches (including St. Eustace)
Thurs., April 4th- Versailles, and Verdi Requiem concert at St. Eustace
Fri., April 5th- shopping by day and the Eiffel tower at night
Sat., April 6th- wash clothes, lunch with an old friend- Caitlin Scott, Luxembourg Gardens, and saw the Sorbon/ University of Paris
Sun., April 7th- Sacre Couer (Sacred Heart Basilica) and the Lourve museum
Mon., April 8th- Army museum and the Eiffel Tower (again, yes, we loved it)

Tues., April 9th- Travel to Rome, eat a pizza, and find our hotel
Wed., April 10th- Giant white building on the Capital hill that we never did find the name of and the outside of the Colosseum
Thurs., April 11th- Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palantine Hill
Fri., April 12th- National Museum
Sat., April 13th- San Castillo Catacombs
Sun., April 14th- Night walk by Trevi Fountain and the Spanish steps
Mon., April 15th- Pantheon and day walk by Trevi Fountain and the Spanish steps
Tues., April 16th- Day trip to Florence & Pisa:
Wed., April 17th- St. Peter's square and Castle of St. Angelo
Thurs., April 18th- Borghese Gallery
Fri., April 19th- Vatican Museum (including the Sistine Chapel) and St. Peter's Basilica
Sat., April 20th- Travel back to Paris
Sun., April 21st- Travel home to Houston