Today began with a yummy breakfast at our hotel and then on to our B & B. Lovely old home (150 years old)- great family from Madagascar are our hosts. They are wonderful and the rooms are jolie/beautiful. We are having a great time. We went to the museum of fine art today and saw a Rembrandt and a big sphere made out of beetles- not the singers the real insects-- as you can see in the picture-- very cool. We then went all over town trying to convert money- because US dollars are worthless here (of course) and it was a bank holiday (of course) but finally the nice lady at the Best Western felt sorry for us and gave us some Euros Yea!! We will always stay in Best Westerns from now on. We also met some fellow Yanks from Louisiana. It was nice to have someone to speak English with- they were also fun people. The day ended with us eating at a Turkish Pizza place- yes they make amazing pizza. Patrick ordered some type of meat pizza- we couldn't understand them and vice versa--we aren't sure what kind of meat it was-- there were several pictures of cats on the wall -- so watch out Louie and Zac -- daddy ate the whole thing :) We are now back at our B and B and are enjoying our Belgium chocolate and getting ready for bed--We are off tomorrow to Waterloo- our first train ride -wish us luck-- it will be yet another adventure for the Danley's. We will check in soon. Much love - the Danley gang
Beetle sculptures and Kitty pizza... mmmm, sounds like hard times in Europe ;-)
ReplyDeleteWaterloo... is that the one in the ABBA song? Now that's in my head, darn it! Train rides in Europe are AWESOME. Have fun :-)
We are really enjoying the updates! Meant to tell you that when in Paris, make sure you go to Sacre Coeur. I've always thought it was more beautiful and Notre Dame! Love, Kim
ReplyDeleteHow cool! Love the pix. Can't wait for the next update. Know you guys are having a blast!
ReplyDeleteWe won't tell Zach and Louie about the pizza when we go to feed them today...they send their kitty love. The racoons are missing 'ya too!
ReplyDeleteHave fun.
Julie,
ReplyDeleteLOL! Googled 'turkish meat' this is what I found: Most of the Turkish meat dishes are based on Lamb and chicken meat because Turkey has an Islamic tradition that forbids the pork meat consumption. No mention of cats so hopefully those are just pics of their pets. Loving the blog.
There is a great pizza place in the plaza area- although it was college when I was there so 'ages ago.'
Where are you guys going next? betsy