Month: July 2013

Blake calls his spiky hair, “dragon hair.” I wish I could freeze time and keep him little and sweet forever.

“Call it in the air, heads or tails?  Heads will go to London…..Tails we’ll go to Paris…” –Hotspur  We couldn’t decide, so we did both! Rusty and I have been talking and dreaming about traveling in Europe and England ever since we we newlyweds. When my mom called to set up the yearly “private vacation”…

Today started with a trip to Westminster Abby.  It was fun to think about all the amazing historical moments that have occurred here.  My favorite part was seeing the Coronation Chair where all the Kings and Queens of England have been crowned for hundreds of years.  A guide told us that for Queen Elizabeth’s coronation…

Good morning London!Apparently Mother Nature forgot to send London the memo that June is summertime.  It’s been rainy, and downright chilly every day!  Armed with our rain jackets and umbrellas we went in search of juice for breakfast.  We were led to Crussh.  I had a delicious green goddess juice with Kale, cucumber, celery, apple,…

“What an immense impression Paris made upon me. It is the most extraordinary place in the world!” –Charles Dickens “When Rick Steve said you can’t do all of Paris in just a few days, he’d obviously never traveled with Tara,” said Rusty after spending a few whirlwind days in Paris.  The EuroStar is amazing and…

“Coming [to Paris] has been a wonderful experience, surprising in many respects, one of them being to find how much of an American I am.” –Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American sculptor I brought all my cutest clothes for Paris because everyone said France is much dressier that the States and I didn’t want to look like an…

“Whoever does not visit Paris regularly will never really be elegant.” –Honoré de Balzac First up on the docket today was the Opera Garnier to take a picture for miss Halle.  She’s obsessed with Phantom of the Opera right now, and I was excited to snap her a picture of this impressive building.  I wish…

“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”  -Hemmingway Last day in Paris!  Still so much to do!  We got an early start this morning and headed the the…

“If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same” -quote from Kiplings “If” above the entryway to Centre Court What a historic year to be at Wimbledon!  Nadal lost first round (we were there!), Federer, Serena, and Sharapova all out in early rounds.  My man, Andy Murray, winning…

“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.” –Nelson Mandela After all the excitement at Wimbledon, we could not get out of bed the next morning.  Finally we roused ourselves and went for a quick trip to the Tate Modern Museum.  I…