The Great Escape

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We’re finally doing it.

We are finally planning a trip to Europe.  Mind you, it will only be for one week, but you’ve got to start somewhere, right?

We have just enough sky miles for a ticket and a half, and may have gotten relatively lucky in the accommodations department (I’ll keep you posted).  We’re thinking Paris and Guernsey in April, with a possible visit to London in between.  We’re also trying to work a brief train ride in there somewhere, because I’ve got a thing for locomotives.  

Since we will only be in Paris for two or three days, we shan't be very touristy.  I definitely want to see the Louvre, Notre Dame, and the Eiffel tower.  I would also love to visit Shakespeare and Company, an independent bookstore and lending library in the Latin Quarter.  Otherwise, I just want to sit in cafes and stare at people.  Do you think they’ll mind?

Guernsey is the main event.  I have wanted to visit the Channel Islands since reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (a perfect book).  Perhaps that’s a silly reason for planning an entire trip abroad, but before making fun please have a look at the photographs.  This place is breath-taking.  

And now for the point of this post: If you’ve got any tips, suggestions, and/or recommendations, please let me know!  I would very much appreciate need your input while planning this trip.