Author: Katina
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Victory at Vimy Ridge
Read more: Victory at Vimy RidgeAfter an emotional day at Juno, we spent a pretty quiet night at a small inn in Rouen. We had some great discussions with the girls about the World Wars. They asked some pretty good questions, such as, “Why would countries encourage their people to ship off to kill each other?” and “When we know…
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A Travel Reality Check
Read more: A Travel Reality CheckSo far on our trip we have had nothing but “green lights”. We have been having a great time with numerous positive experiences. Of course we’re happy about everything being so wonderful, but sometimes that can lull you into a false sense of security. Sometimes reality checks are needed to make sure one stays alert…
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Paris with Friends!
Read more: Paris with Friends!Paris is an amazing city and we have really enjoyed our time there…in fact, one week was too short to see so many sights and try so many new things. It’s even better when you have friends to show you the way and introduce you to how Parisians really live. Lucky for us, Louise and…
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The Ultimate Treasure Hunt
Read more: The Ultimate Treasure HuntThe Louvre is an amazing museum full of almost 35 000 artifacts. Needless to say, the 13km former palace is not something that can be visited in an afternoon! We wanted to use some type of technology to help us navigate the museum, so we decided to try out an app called Huntz (both iOS and…
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Paris – The City of Lights!
Read more: Paris – The City of Lights!We arrived in Paris, the city of Lights, late at night at the Gare Du Nord. We rented a 2 bedroom flat in the 11th arrondissement – the Bastille District through VRBO. It was in a residential neighbourhood, so we quickly felt less touristy and part of the community. We had a number of markets and shops…