Hey everyone! Mike and I are having a blast touring Europe. We started out touring the Normandy beaches where all of the D-Day events occurred. It was amazing to see where so many people died for freedom. It seemed unreal. There were bunkers still intact up from the beaches. Some were noticeably bombed. We explored the bunkers and were amazed by all of the people’s names on the monuments who died there. There were craters everywhere in the ground from where the bunkers were bombed. It was amazing.


Next on the list was Mont St. Michel. It is this huge cathedral that was for monks. The church is at the top of this big island/rock. All the way up to the cathedral was uphill with lots of steps. There were tons of little restaurants and shops all of the way up that were probably where people lived back when Mont St Michel was populated like a little village. After our tour of Mont St Michel we started the drive to Paris.




Paris was exciting. There were tons of people and everyone was in with the fashion....shoes....scarves....jackets and blazers. All of the girls were so pretty and thin. It seems hard to believe with all of the pastries! The buildings were spectacular. Huge buildings made so long ago. It is amazing they were capable of such buildings in a time that they didn’t have the machines that we have today. It took 200 years to build Notre Dame. Mike and I did a lot of walking. I learned after the first day to wear tennis shoes and even then my feet were sore and tired by the end of the day.



We met up with Mike's old mission companions Marc, and his wife Suzie, and son Nathan. We joined their friends for a dinner to celebrate a birthday. It was fun to sit and visit and get to know people in France. They are not rude like people say they are. French people are actually very polite and friendly. They all tried to speak English so that I could understand. And when they couldn't Mike would translate. By the end of the night, it was as if we had known them for months. It was sad to say goodbye.

Paris is so enormous and when we went up in the Eiffel Tower the city extended as far as the eye could see. France is definitely a place that is worth coming to again.