Eiffle Tower

Our trip to Paris was not the normal trip.  At the end of our tour in Rome two out of five of us caught the flu.  Some of us were not feeling well and the others were a bit nervous about catching it.  The night that the sickness arrived we prayed for healing and strength.  To our delight no one else caught it and the ones sick healed quicker then expected.  We are praising God for that!

 

 

We had only one full day to be in Paris.  We arrived in the evening and woke the next morning to see the Eiffel Tower and then spend the day at the Louvre Museum.  Keep in mind it was winter in Paris when we were there so the trees are bare.  Below is a picture of our walk to the tower very early in the morning.

 

I have never known much about Paris so I was delighted to discover that the Tower is surrounded by a beautiful park.  Even in the early cold morning hours there were people enjoying the park.

 

Below is a picture of some men who guard the tower.  They were very intimidating carrying their rifles in plain site.  On the other hand, it gave me a comfort to know they were there.

Back to our Routines

Sorry about the long time away.  We recently decided to go traveling to other parts of Europe and there just wasn't enough time for blogging.  In the beginning of the month we spent about 4 days in Rome and 3 days in Paris.  When we came back it took us about a week to recover from everything.  Getting back into the regular everyday life routines isn't easy when you visit two cultures in one week.  (pictures coming soon)

Last week for Valentine's Day my wonderful husband got me some flowers.  Here is a picture of Tater-Tot enjoying the beautiful pink display.  She was rather intrigued by them.

Since Tater-tot loved looking at the flowers her daddy got we decided to go for a walk yesterday and look for some.  The weather was full of sunshine and beautiful.

 

As you can see from the way she is dressed it is still quite cold. 

 

Nope, that's not a flower.

 

Yep, those are flowers!

 

There isn't much in the world more beautiful then spring time flowers.  I could have stayed there all day looking at these crocuses.

 

 

Nope, no flowers here.

 

 

Much to my delight when we came back Babby was mowing the lawn.

This is the first time we have had to mow since the end of autumn.  It made for a wonderful end to our neighborhood walk to smell fresh cut grass.

 

 

Right before coming in the house Tater-Tot found these snail shells.  They were broken and of no use for any snail.  She brought one in the house and we cleaned it with bleach.  She now has a snail shell of her own.

 

 

Hope you enjoyed spending the day with us!

 

 

Below is a video of the Cliffs of Moher

I found this video on YouTube and thought it would help you to see what the cliffs were like.  The music really gives off that good-ole-Irish feeling.  I also thought the song was beautiful.

Visting the Cliffs

We went to the Cliffs of Moher right before Christmas.  The cliffs were enormous and absolutely breath-taking and beautiful.  It took some time to get there but it was well worth it once we arrived. 

This is what we saw upon arrival and while parking our car.  At home in New Mexico all of the grass would be brown and yellow during the winter but not here.  The grass is always green.  We have learned that the grass truly is greener on the other side. But, in order to have this green land you have to endure wind, cold, fog and lots of rain.



 

 

These birds were waiting for us to get out of the car.  They knew we must be tourists since we were parking in this spot and so they waited patiently for food.  Yes, we gave in.

 

 

 

The stores as well as the ticket office were built into the landscape.  I had read they chose to do this so to not disturb the beauty of the landscape.  It made me think of the Shire.

 

 

Although they did have fencing to protect you from the edge, if you chose to, you could walk right up to the edge and look down.  We chose to stay on the safe side of the fence.

 

 

 

 

I got very little pictures due to the cold and fog.  But, even through the winter weather it was worth the trip.

 

 

This is O'Brien's Tower.  It is to the north of the cliffs.

 

Some interesting information about the cliffs:

 

Some movies filmed here were The Princess Bride, Harry Potter, and Leap Year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffs_of_Moher

 

The cliffs also have many fascinating birds.  I wish we could have been there in the summer to see the Puffin.  What a treat that would have been.

click here for facts about the puffin

 

Click here for a short video of the cliffs