We stopped in Paris on our way to Entrepierres, a retreat center for people who work in French speaking countries.
Living in France years ago for language school was a hard transition as we had left all our friends and family and everything that we knew and understood. While in the moment I wasn't too keen on France, it now holds a dear place in our hearts as it marks the start of our new life where "home" is always a migrating and somewhat questionable place. We had some special times during our year there and it is fun to go back and share those memories with the kids.
I know it may seem extravagant to some, but the tickets are fairly cheap from Mali and we stayed at a place that is a ministry to overseas workers and charges next to nothing. To have a true and restful vacation, one has to leave Mali, so that means traveling to a different country. Because of flights, Paris is often a break in the trip so it has become a special place to us that holds dear memories. We don't do much, as our highlights are getting hot chocolate or playing in a park, but it's nice.
This year the boys actually wanted to climb the Eiffel Tower. They started out with energy and excitement.
They lost is by the first level. So there was a hot chocolate break to help improve the moods.
It worked.
Poor Havie started with an ear infection that day and being the weekend it was hard to find a pharmacy open.
We did finally find one and were only able to get pills so we had to get something to help the pills go down. We bought an ice cream for her to take the meds (which worked thankfully) and the boys got to enjoy the rest of the cone. :) This struck me as funny, giving her medicine right by the Eiffel Tower, but such is life with four kids and a family that travels.
S didn't like that H was getting all the pictures so he wanted to be a part of some as well. :)
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| The happiest part of her day was riding on the subway once her medicine had kicked in |
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