As a long time patron of the Marriott and Bonvoy brand we were offered a late check out when we checked in to the Moxy. We were able to access our room until 2:00 on Thursday when we could check our bags until we decided to travel to the Airport to spend the night. With […]
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If you ever want to find out how strong your marriage or relationship is, try renting a car and driving through Paris and France and back to Paris with one person driving and the other navigating. I confess to the key mistake, I arranged to pick up the car in downtown Gare de Lyon, one […]
13 September Sunday 2026, Blois France, Sleeping In the Salt Attic Loft The drive from Omaha Beach to Blois, our next destination, was easy and beautiful. Almost all of the roads in France are will cared for and the major highways make for a nice drive. After visiting the American Cemetery and having lunch at […]
Our breakfast at Le Petite Matin B&B in Bayeux was a classic French bed and breakfast experience. We were guided by our host to the smaller dining room looking out on the back terrace. The round table was set with croissants, breads, yogurt, chilled oatmeal, a choice of jams, butter, chilled orange juice and coffee […]
September 11 is a very meaningful day in the history of the United States of America, because of the attack on New York. It happened to be the twenty-fifth anniversary of that attack on the day we planned on visiting Omaha Beach by coincidence. We had planned on ending our visit to the D-Day sites […]
Our stay at Hotel Apolonia Mouffetard was adequate. The location was very good and the small hotel was clean with a decent breakfast. The Mouffetard was one of the ancient roads leading into Paris, it intersects La Place de la Contrascarpe, a roundabout plaza with markets, cafes, bars and coffee shops. The road itself remains […]
Before our adventure driving to Normandy, I felt that the best course of action would be to move back to the Left Bank near Rue Mouffetard and Place de Contrescarpe. The plan was to spend the rest of the day and the evening in the area that we had enjoyed last July, in order to […]
The Hotel L’Eldorado turned out to be a real gem. The small streets in the neighborhood were a mix of business and residential. It was not touristy and the businesses catered mostly to the locals but proved to be friendly with us. Our room was actually a small suite with a sitting room in the […]
7 September, Paris France After reviewing our flight plans out of Lexington and back before this trip, I had decided a few weeks ago to look for other options because the connections were tight just like the last trip. On our last trip we had our final leg connecting in Charlotte from Newark with under […]
We realized before our trip to Paris before heading to Amsterdam, where we would begin our Rhine River Cruise last July, that two days would not be enough to do justice to the City of Lights. We had always discussed visiting Normandy to see the D-Day sites and the natural draw of France and Paris […]