Catching up . . .

Wow, a few days without a post, and we fall so far behind . . .

Unfortunately, we had to leave Athens on Tuesday. Fortunately, we were coming to Paris. Unfortunately, it rained almost the entire time we were there. Fortunately, Paris is home to the Louvre, Musee D'Orsay, and more delicious pastries than we could possibly try in just two short days. And yesterday we pulled in to Rome bright and early. But, before we get into what we’ve been up to here, we have a little unfinished business . . .

We spent part of our last day in Athens running around trying to see as many ancient ruins as we could in a day.
We also managed to spend a little bit of time wandering through the shops in the Plaka.
And the rest of the time we explored the narrow little streets at the foot of the Acropolis looking for some good sunset pictures.
Ainslie liked watching the sunset.
On the way back to the hotel, Josh was fascinated by a little street puppet show.
It was hard to say goodbye to Athens, but Paris was fun too. Like we already said, it rained almost the whole time we were there, but we took full advantage of the amazing art museums to escape the rain.

Paris really is a beautiful city, but the best thing about it is the food. We loved the crepes and tarts.

Our second favorite thing about Paris was watching the toy sailboats in the park.

And now it's Italy with pizza, pasta, and lots of old ruins to climb around on. We're having a great time here, and Monday it's off to Venice for a day before we head back to Leipzig on Wednesday. Time goes by so fast . . .