Brian was sleepy today so I decided to put it to good use by making him put Michael to sleep.
Brian is sleeping in the glider while I am putting on Michael's diapers and such. Michael looks over, sees Brian sleeping and says to me, "Shhh..." while doing the Shhh sign with his index finger to his lips.
Guess I better be more considerate to B since Michael is apparently on his side.
P
Monday, August 18, 2008
Crashing Eva and Tony Parker's Wedding Site
We rented a car this weekend. We've made a many trip to IKEA but have also snuck in some day trips from Paris as well.
Today, visited Vaux-le-Vicomte, the chateau where Eva Langoria wed Tony Parker in 2007. Now, I am sure it will not only be remembered for staging this blessed occasion. Or at least we hope. We arrived at around 1:30 in time for lunch and started touring at 2:30.
We had a super late start, on purpose. Then, we decided to drive 2 hours out of the way to avoid a 40 minute traffic delay. On our little detour, there was IKEA, so we broke hard, exited and bought things. Then, back on the road only to end up at a roundabout where Brian decided not to follow his navigator's advice. Thus, we ended up on a very small road to a very small town where the map had a blast symbol to show what might be a bridge to the other side of the river. Many laughs later, we were cracking up at all the events that transpired to have us wandering around France along a river somewhere. And then to notice that we could have just waited the 40 minutes in traffic and been just fine.
Anyways, we toured the inside of the chateau, which was quite weathered compared to Versailles. It's almost as if Louis XIV also said, "Don't make this chateau nice EVER again." after building Versailles. Short history lesson: This chateau was built by Louis XIV's finance minister. After Louis XIV visited this chateau, which was more splendid than the piddly little hunting lodge Versailles, he arrested the owner, took his architect and garden designer. The architect and garden designer was then commissioned to work on the opulent Versailles that we see today. Scandalous. The long history here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaux-le-Vicomte
So after seeing the inside , we rented golf carts and went cruising all over the grounds. Here are some family pictures:
Andre Le Notre's gardens:
We then drove home in a much more direct fashion. And now Michael and Brian fell asleep together at 10:30pm.
Yesterday, we went to Giverny, which is home to Monet's house and his gardens. If you have seen pictures of Monet's water lilies, this is what inspired them. Here is a family picture there too! Brian and Michael were super good sports by letting me wander the gardens and take pictures. I don't know...it was just one of those things I had to see.
Today, visited Vaux-le-Vicomte, the chateau where Eva Langoria wed Tony Parker in 2007. Now, I am sure it will not only be remembered for staging this blessed occasion. Or at least we hope. We arrived at around 1:30 in time for lunch and started touring at 2:30.
We had a super late start, on purpose. Then, we decided to drive 2 hours out of the way to avoid a 40 minute traffic delay. On our little detour, there was IKEA, so we broke hard, exited and bought things. Then, back on the road only to end up at a roundabout where Brian decided not to follow his navigator's advice. Thus, we ended up on a very small road to a very small town where the map had a blast symbol to show what might be a bridge to the other side of the river. Many laughs later, we were cracking up at all the events that transpired to have us wandering around France along a river somewhere. And then to notice that we could have just waited the 40 minutes in traffic and been just fine.
Anyways, we toured the inside of the chateau, which was quite weathered compared to Versailles. It's almost as if Louis XIV also said, "Don't make this chateau nice EVER again." after building Versailles. Short history lesson: This chateau was built by Louis XIV's finance minister. After Louis XIV visited this chateau, which was more splendid than the piddly little hunting lodge Versailles, he arrested the owner, took his architect and garden designer. The architect and garden designer was then commissioned to work on the opulent Versailles that we see today. Scandalous. The long history here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaux-le-Vicomte
So after seeing the inside , we rented golf carts and went cruising all over the grounds. Here are some family pictures:
Andre Le Notre's gardens:
We then drove home in a much more direct fashion. And now Michael and Brian fell asleep together at 10:30pm.
Yesterday, we went to Giverny, which is home to Monet's house and his gardens. If you have seen pictures of Monet's water lilies, this is what inspired them. Here is a family picture there too! Brian and Michael were super good sports by letting me wander the gardens and take pictures. I don't know...it was just one of those things I had to see.
Then, you guessed it! IKEA!
Friday, we wandered around Paris. A lot. We walked all day long pretty much! Michael got to play in a playground near Saint Germain des Pres. Here is my favorite picture of that day.
More pictures of everything in our smugmug album as always! Now, to go and download pics from our America trip!
Love,
P
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