Our 2010 trip..France

Well I figured before we leave I ought to show you a few places we plan on going. Only because I may not be able to add photos while we are over there. I have found their Internet to be horribly slow in places.
We fly into London.. We love London and enjoy seeing all of the history that is there...and there is a lot of it there. I never have made it downtown.. and that is okay with me.. I love the history and the plays! They have awesome theater there! That is where we saw WICKED.. if it comes to a town near you I recommend you see it... it is awesome :) http://www.wickedthemusical.com/
In London we only have one night and then the next morning we will take the Eurotrain http://gofrance.about.com/cs/trains/a/eurostar.htm , to Paris. We will be staying at the Montpensier Hotel http://www.montpensierparis.com/. It is only a couple blocks from the Louvre and we have two day passes for it. http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp?bmLocale=en . We will be in Paris for 3 days then we rent a car for a few days and go to a amazing castle.. Pierrefonds. It is the castle that is used in the making of MERLIN on the BBC one channel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Pierrefonds We will be spending two days there and also seeing the small town.
From Pierrefonds we will go north and up along the coast to an area known as the D-Day Beaches. We plan to spend a couple nights up there and eventually driving west over to Mont St Michel.
Mont St Michel use to be a fortress and a might grand one it was too! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Saint-Michel And for more ionformation on it.. Rick Steves has a great piece about it ..so stuck it on here also!
http://www.ricksteves.com/plan/destinations/france/mont.htm we will be spending two nights on here.. so that will give us a chance to explore and rest when need be.. because of all the stairs.
From Mont St Michel.. we go to Messac and pick up our boat! http://www.leboat.co.uk/destination/france/brittany we will have the boat for two weeks. We had thought of going down and then over to Pontivy... but got an email that part of the canal will be closed for construction repair. So bummer.. now we rethink where we are going to go. I am sure where ever it is.. we will enjoy it. We turn the boat in on October 9th in the morning then we go spend a night in Rennes so we can explore the town.. the next morning we catch the train to Paris and then onto London. When we get in we will take the tube (their subway and btw.. it is fantastic!) http://www.tfl.gov.uk/modalpages/2625.aspx
In London we will be staying at the Marriott http://www.marriott.com/default.mi We spend 3 days here.. then finally we have to fly out on October 12th at 3:10pm and arrivein Seattle at 4:45pm! If only it were that simple.. we fly 9 hours and 35 minutes. But once we get to Seattle.. we take off and go up to Ferndale and see a new grand daughter that was just born.. Jillian Fay Casey :) We are home by monday and Monday.. it's girls day at the spa! and that will be fun and awesome!
So hope you all take care and I will be thinking of you all..
HUGS..Keri :)