So, I get why people love Paris. I also get why people aren’t the biggest fans of it. We enjoyed the history and the architecture. The food was great. We didn’t really encounter anyone that lived up to the stereotype of “Rude French”. People weren’t rude, just weren’t necessarily ready to go out of their way to help either. We definitely enjoyed sitting under the Eiffel Tower as it twinkled and Versailles. Personally, I loved Saint-Sulpice and The Arc De Triomphe. Keely finally found the joy in crepes. Keely loved Paris. Wade could never go back and be fine. If I were to go back, I would stay in the Versailles area.

London. We were in London 3 1/2 days and there just wasn’t enough time, even for surface level things. There is soooooo much in London we want to go back to. Keely of course could stay in West End and go to every show possible. The shows we did see (Starlight Express, Hadestown, and Great Gatsby) were amazing!!

Keely and I did an evening Jack the Ripper tour. It was really quite informative. We didn’t just learn about the murders. We learned more about the women and what life was like at that time. We also learned where the term “hungover” came from and why the Whitechapel area was called Whitechapel. We also learned about the impact of the London Wall and why the tops of parking posts are different colors.

We took a day to head over to Stonehenge. Listen, it was not as big as the movies sometimes portray, but it was definitely impressive.

We left London on Wednesday to head north. We stopped in Nottingham on our way up. We stopped for Robin Hood, but got much more! Did you know Nottingham was the lace capital of the UK for a long time? Well, now you do! You’re welcome.