http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/ The Andrews' family website en-us Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:14:18 MST chris.j.andrews@gmail.com chris.j.andrews@gmail.com Copyright (c) 2007 www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews. All rights reserved. http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-850.html#850 ... ... 37.0894 -8.41125 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:57:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-850.html#850 US europe-2011 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-849.html#849 ... ... 36.9945 -8.9493 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:53:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-849.html#849 US europe-2011 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-848.html#848 We tried to get up and out early, but we were only mildly successful. After the morning run to the corner store for bread, we had a breakfast and everyone was up and more or less moving along. We were packing to go over to Seville (Sevilla) and we were pretty sure that it was only going to take 2-3 hours to get over there. We managed to get everyone into the car and head out, but when we got on the freeway, I realized I had forgotten the passports. It's not a huge deal - it turns out that t... 37.3846 -5.99176 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:49:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-848.html#848 US europe-2011 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-847.html#847 After another morning of fresh bread, chocolate croissants, and honey and cold cuts (this time with Jeanette and Ben going over together to buy the bread) we packed up and headed out for another beach day. Tuesday was supposed to be much more sunny and the forecast turned out to be correct. I had already decided that we should try finding Marinha beach from a list of the 5 best beaches of the Algarve that I had found. We also had seen signs that you could catch a boat from the beach to take a c... 37.0897 -8.4122 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:46:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-847.html#847 US europe-2011 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-846.html#846 The 1st started off a bit on the rainy side. We had our breakfast of rolls and honey and I think it was on this morning that I experimented and got some chocolate croissants which we ended up getting from the corner store the rest of the trip, though we all referred to them as 'chocolate bread.' It wasn't looking like it was going to be a beach day so we decided to head out and try to find Portimao and explore the area. We got back on the road with no trouble, found the highway an... 37.1304 -8.59629 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:39:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-846.html#846 US europe-2011 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-845.html#845 On Sunday morning, we woke up after all sleeping pretty well. I went over to the Rocha Brava market that was diagonally across from us and bought some rolls, some cheese, and honey. We had our first breakfast out on the verandah and dilly dallied a bit until we decided to go out in search of the beach. We had thought that we would be walking distance to the beach, but we were not quite right. We suspected as much so we loaded up the car with beach gear to go and explore. We drove down to th... 37.0968 -8.38647 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:51:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-845.html#845 US europe-2011 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-844.html#844 On Saturday morning, it was time to pack up and head south to the Algarve. We had a quick breakfast at the Solar and then loaded up the car. The folks were nice enough to allow us to keep the car there while we took a last stroll around the town. We walked down to the center and then out to the south along some of the pedestrian streets where there was a bit of shopping and food. On the way we found a pastry shop that had some yummy snacks for us and Jeanette bought a necklace and some scarves.... 37.0927 -8.44516 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 23:22:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-844.html#844 US europe-2011 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/places-weve-been7-11.html#843 We spent a nice lunch watching the sailing ships pass the lighthouse. ... 38.6904 -9.42098 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:53:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/places-weve-been7-11.html#843 US places-weve-been http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-842.html#842 After we got up on Friday morning, we got a light breakfast at the pensione and decided to head out for a walk to see what we could find. We headed down toward the port and browsed through a couple of the trinket stores, then headed out toward the beach and the castle. It was a cooler morning and a bit gray. We took some photos of a stack of waiting traps and nets and then walked around the fort. We noticed that there were quite a few people setting up America's Cup tents and later found ou... 38.7963 -9.39068 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:01:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-842.html#842 US europe-2011 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-841.html#841 Unbelievably, it was time to pack up and leave Paris on Thursday. We got up and got showers. Ben played around a bit with his cars and then helped us pack up. Packing wasn't too bad this trip even though we had an extra bit of clothes with Ben. We finished off some of the pastries and fruit that we had purchased earlier in the week, took out some of the trash, and cleaned up a bit. The apartment had a little combined washer-dryer and we had even used it for jeans and some t-shirts (note ... 38.696 -9.42165 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:16:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-841.html#841 US europe-2011 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-840.html#840 On Wednesday, Ben was clearly feeling a bit better. There were a few things that we wanted to do so we headed out after all taking showers (we had finally figured out the hot water in the flat) and headed toward the metro. Ben actually expressed some hunger even though he hadn't been interested in pastries that we had at the place, so we stopped in a brasserie where we got him a French version of a hot dog while we split a plate. His hot dog was quite a meal... a hot dog in a French roll bu... 48.8733 2.29599 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:07:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-840.html#840 US europe-2011 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-839.html#839 On Tuesday morning, we all had seemed to sleep a bit better, but it was clear that Ben was not feeling his perky self. I had tucked a thermometer in my bag and it turned out that he was running a 101-102 fever. He had no other symptoms so we weren't terribly worried about him, but I went out eventually to get some medicine and some breakfast for myself (Jeanette wanted to shop for her own). I found a pharmacy and got some acetaminophen-like medicine with no problem. I checked out a couple... 48.886 2.34308 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:04:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-839.html#839 US europe-2011 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-837.html#837 On Monday morning, I woke up pretty early. Jeanette had not slept well, so I let her sleep and got ready to go out for a bit. Ben woke up and after playing around a little, I asked him if he wanted to go get some pastries. He was up for it, so we took a brief walk out and around the block to where I had found a couple of patisseries on my phone. It was pretty cool to be walking out in Paris with Mr. Ben. He was very curious, but wasn't completely happy with my patisserie store selection a... 48.8582 2.29468 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:43:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-837.html#837 US europe-2011 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-851.html#851 ...... Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:01:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/europe-2011-851.html#851 US europe-2011 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-200910-09.html#814 Just for fun... Here's the metro map.... Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:28:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-200910-09.html#814 US paris-2009 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#813 I realized that I hadn't included a photo of the Seine! How could I not do that? Here's one of many...... Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:57:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#813 US paris-2009 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#812 I ended my last evening in a cookie store. The cookies were delicious... ... Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:26:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#812 US paris-2009 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#811 Monet... Quite beautiful in real life... but almost too much to take in in one day! ... Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:53:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#811 US paris-2009 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#810 I took a walk through the Musee D'Orsay. It was a 'patrimonie' weekend so the museums were cheap or free. Orsay has a huge amount of impressionist and post-impressionist art. Quite spectacular. ... Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:49:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#810 US paris-2009 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#809 I stopped for a nice lunch next to Saint Germain. Paris-style gazpacho, toast crisps, nice bread, a rose, basil sorbet, and an eclair for dessert! Yummy! The restaurant was Les Deux Magots... apparently a famous cafe for literary figures. From Wikipedia:The caf's name comes from the two wooden statues ofChinesecommercial agents (magots) that adorn one of the pillars.... 48.854 2.33317 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:39:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#809 US paris-2009 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#808 Here's the church of Saint Germain. Quite beautiful inside and out. ... Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:34:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#808 US paris-2009 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#807 Probably the only photo of me I got in Paris. I enjoyed the trip even if I'm not in the photos!... Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:28:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#807 US paris-2009 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#806 A huge hall in the School of Fine Arts. It was grand, but seemed stripped out.... Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:43:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#806 US paris-2009 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#805 Subways are great. I took the metro up to the Moulin Rouge district to find dinner and people watch. Hordes of people waiting to get into the MR to see the show. I was happy to have a pizza at an Italian restaurant and then go for a walk!... Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:51:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#805 US paris-2009 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#804 So how much would it cost to build these incredibly expansive spaces in the 21st century? It's incredible to look up and see the engineering that supports these lovely churches.... Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:50:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#804 US paris-2009 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#803 A view of Notre Dame by daylight... 48.8532 2.34928 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:48:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#803 US paris-2009 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#802 I returned to the country fair for some shopping... found some yummy stuff!... Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:47:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#802 US paris-2009 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#799 I stopped for a gelato at this famous little square in the Latin Quarter and was surprised at the shape! The flavor was delicious, but the presentation was the best. ... 48.8443 2.34925 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:43:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#799 US paris-2009 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#798 A wedding happening inside beautiful St. Genevieve.... Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:41:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#798 US paris-2009 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#797 The beautiful exterior of the Church of St. Genevieve in the Latin Quarter. The inside was as gorgeous as the outside. The setting of the surrounding palace certainly added to it's beauty. Plus, you're right near Rue Descartes, which turns into Rue Mouffetard... a great place to go explore and find treats!... 48.8466 2.34751 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:39:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#797 US paris-2009 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#796 The Latin Quarter, named for students who spoke Latin at the neighborhood universities, is known for it's preserved 18th century facades.... Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:37:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#796 US paris-2009 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#801 The cheese shops smelled wonderful. The variety was incredible... and they all had samples out front!... Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:24:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#801 US paris-2009 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#800 Looking in while others were buying pastries... I was too full!... Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:23:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#800 US paris-2009 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#795 I stopped at a country festival on the dock on the Seine across from Notre Dame. As you can see, they had lots of good things to discover. This was an Assiette du Fromage... lovely cheeses with jam and bread. I paired it with a small drink of wine from another vendor at the same fair. After sampling wares at the fair, I headed south of Notre Dame and found an excellentIndian restaurant, Le Partage... one of the best I've been to.... 48.8515 2.35105 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:35:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#795 US paris-2009 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#794 On my walk around Notre Dame I snapped this pic of the Cathedral. Quite beautiful in daylight or the night!... Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:34:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#794 US paris-2009 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#793 I walked across the Seine and had dinner at an Aveyronnaise restaurant. Aveyron is a landlocked state in the southwest of France. The signature dish is an amazing concoction of a sausage covered by a blend of cheese and potatoes called Saucisse Aligot. I didn't actually have it, but the nice couple (Sylvie and Laurence) sitting next to me each got a plate. I started out with a plate of olive cured sausage, rustic bread and pickles. That was followed by a Salade Aveyronnaise, which was a b... Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:24:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#793 US paris-2009 http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#792 I took a trip to Europe for work... 6 days in Paris, followed by 4 in Karlsruhe, Germany. The Paris segment was way more fun to document. Whoever complains that Paris is a cold city and Parisiennes are mean has not tried to genuinely approach the city and its inhabitants with an appreciation for warm culture and a little bit of French. I met locals every time that I went out on my own to explore the city. It was trivial to start a conversation with neighbors at the close dinner tables. A woma... Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:14:00 MST http://www.yakjive.com/TheAndrews/paris-20099-09.html#792 US Paris