Back at home

we are back at home. thanks to everyone for reading this.

I keep forgetting to say this

to whom it may concern/interest: the night before we entered Spain, we met Maggie, Peter and Co. in Mont-St-Micheal. they were travelling around france for two weeks.

Kimberly's birthday-Paris

as you have probably guessed from the title, it is Kimberly's birthday, and we are staying near Paris. the hotel is pretty fancy, in fact it is a chateau, or castle. it is the "holiday home" of Louis the 14th. check it out here: Chateau du val

I must go now, as we are leaving the hotel for the final leg of our trip, to brussels.

some thoughts

sorry for the absence, but finding internet has been difficult in Spain. now that we are back in France I again have access. anyways...

on our first night in spain we were in san sebastien. we were looking for a room, and the tourist bureau quickly found one. we asked her whether it would be quiet, and she quickly replied "Si. es muy tranquilo." we decided to take it. Sure enough, the next day, this was coming up the road:

Soon after wards, there came a marching band:

yes, it certainly seems tranquilo now, doesn't it?

I am sorry I have been unable to post more, but I have three other people who need to check their email. in a few days I should be able to put up much more.

Spain-Bilbao

just wanted to let everyone know that we are in the city Bilbao in Spain. I have not been able to get internet until now, and will get some Spanish stuff up soon. I think I will skip the rest of France for now, because I don't have time to get it all up before the trip ends.

Vimy Ridge Memorial

A few days ago when we were in Vimy, we visited the famous Vimy ridge memorial, twice. We did this so that as well as seeing it in the bright daylight, we saw it in the dark. One of the tour guides told us that it had won an award for it's lighting, so we decided that we might as well go and see it:

At night, from a distance:

At Night, from the other side:

A little closer, still at night:

In the above picture you can see people at the top, if I remember correctly those are angels, and at the bottom there are soldiers, if I remember correctly.

this statue, looking out over the lands, represents the mother Canada, mourning for her lost children.

this is the monument from the other side.

I have too many short notes

Yet another short note to say that we got into Spain today. were staying in a place called San Sebastien, and this is my first wifi access point for a while. expect Vimy ridge info today or tomorrow.

oh, and to whom it may concern: in Mont St. Michel last night, we encountered Maggie/ Peter & Co, travelling in the France area for two weeks. No pictures, sorry.