Euro Summer 2010

Trinity and her girlfriend Kailee made it safe to Germany after a long international flight. We were all exhausted as the girls had traveled overnight and I had worked. We ended up falling asleep early after their arrival.

The following day (@0300), we were headed on an early bus to Paris for a day-trip. It was a long 6 hour ride there and back. We were lucky enough to have 2 seats each so we could at least stretch out and relax on the ride.

Paris was much nicer this time than the last....I might actually even like Paris....a little bit ;o) I'm sure that the lack of snow and cold had something to do with it.

We took a free tour with Sandeman's and had a great time. Our tour guide was a cute Irish gal and we laughed through the entire tour. It was a fun time, and I recommend Sandeman's to anyone wanting a great youthful tour of any city. (I also used this group for a tour of Amsterdam and it was just as good) The tour lasted about 3.5 hours though and we were all beat by the time we were finished walking all over the city.

We then made our way to see the fabled Eiffel Tower.... The girls were going to go to the top but the line was so long that I didn't think we would make it back to our bus in time. We opted for pics at the base, while it rained on us intermittently.

We rested at home for a couple days while I was *sick and headed out to Alghero Italy. It's on the island of Sardinia in the Mediterranean between Spain and Italy. It was beautiful. I have to say that I wasn't very excited about going back to Italy after last summers excursion but I really enjoyed myself. It's a beautiful old town with tons of character. The atmosphere was very casual. Like always in Italy, we ate LOTS of quatro Formagio Pizza...one of Trinity and I's favorites.

We rented bikes for 2 days while there and were able to traverse most of the city. We spent one afternoon on the beach and got a little sun (fortunately, none of us overdid it). Kailee got to try crepes and tons of Gelato was consumed...a first for Kailee. I think we managed to work off all the calories with the bikes. After two days on the bikes, our backsides were telling us 'enough'!!

We are now back home and relaxing for a couple of days then off to London...

Links for Paris and Alghero Pics