This year for Thanksgiving, we decided to stay in Phoenix again. It was just the four of us, but that didn't change the amount of food that I cooked. We had a wonderful day!
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Halloween!!
Here in Phoenix, Halloween is a big deal. There are parties and lots of trick or treating. Again this year, we invited our friends to enjoy this spooky fun holiday with us!
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| Carving Pumpkins |
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| Cowboy Oliver!! |
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| All the kids |
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| The men |
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| The women |
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| Rick and I, yes underneath that Donald Trump mask is Rick!! |
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Mal and Evie from the popular Disney movie Descendants
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Saturday, November 21, 2015
2nd week in Europe=Paris! and one more day in Munich
For our second week in Europe, Rick and I flew from Munich to Paris. We stayed in Paris for 4 days, and then flew back to Munich to spend one last day before going back home to Phoenix.
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| the most wonderful hotel! |
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| Rick and I agreed that the best and most memorable part of our trip was when we first saw the Eiffel tower. It is everything you expect it to be and more. Just impressive and beautiful!! |
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| Fountain of St. Michael |
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| Notre Dame |
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| The Louvre |
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| Church of the Sacred Heart |
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| Moulin Rouge |
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| the metro |
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| at the summit of the Eiffel tower, 1063 feet up! |
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| check out the Seine river behind us |
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| Arc de Triomphe |
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| Champs-Elysees |
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| We took a trip out to Versailles to see the chateau. Yes, that is a gold fence! |
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| Hall of Mirrors |
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| the gardens of the chateau of Versailles, 977 acres!! |
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| our BEST meal in France was in Versailles |
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| steak with grilled onions |
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| pomme frites!!! |
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| escargot |
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| Notre Dame from the back |
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| inside the Sainte-Chappelle chapel, known for its stain glass windows |
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| just beautiful! |
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| the Louvre |
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| Venus de Milo |
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| the Coronation of Napoleon |
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| I know I don't need to tell you who this is!! |
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| Winged Victory |
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| Back in Munich and on our last dinner out with Herb |
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| Outside of Munich at the Schloss Neuschwanstein, the castle that was the inspiration for Walt Disney when he created Cinderella's castle in Disneyland |
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| the summer castle of the Bavarian king, King Ludwig |
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| the picturesque town of Oberammergau, known for their wood carvings and mural painted houses |
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| Good bye Europe! We will be back! |
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