Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009
The Wessels European Vacation
I'm baaaaacccckkkk...
Our trip is finally starting to be planned. Nothing like waiting until the last minute! Wade leaves in a week and I follow after him 2 weeks later. We finally booked our Paris hotel room and it looks really nice!
Next stop: Frankfurt, Germany. We'll only be there for one night but we need to find a hotel for the night. Hopefully close to the train station. Anyone have any suggestions? We'll hopefully get something done soon b/c after that we still need to find a place to stay in Bacharach (Germany), Brugge (Belgium) and Amsterdam...
So much to do, so little time. And I am getting SO SUPER FUCKING EXCITED!!!
Our trip is finally starting to be planned. Nothing like waiting until the last minute! Wade leaves in a week and I follow after him 2 weeks later. We finally booked our Paris hotel room and it looks really nice!
Pretty sweet right? Newly renovated, every room has it's own bathroom (which isn't a guarantee as we've found in these European countries) AND we got it using Wade's priority points! It's going to save us over $300! It's right off the metro too so we can easily get to it and anywhere else we want to go while in Paris!
Next stop: Frankfurt, Germany. We'll only be there for one night but we need to find a hotel for the night. Hopefully close to the train station. Anyone have any suggestions? We'll hopefully get something done soon b/c after that we still need to find a place to stay in Bacharach (Germany), Brugge (Belgium) and Amsterdam...
So much to do, so little time. And I am getting SO SUPER FUCKING EXCITED!!!
Monday, May 18, 2009
Red Light District Here I Come!
As I've mentioned the hubs and I are taking a vacation of a lifetime this coming July. Wade is very close to finishing up his MBA (yay!) and he is taking a course this June in Lyon, France for his summer semester. I will be flying out there July 3rd to meet him in Paris. I CANNOT wait! Except for Mexico and the Caribbean I have never been outside of the United States so this trip is a big deal to me!
***If you've never been to Europe you can stop reading here b/c the rest of this post will be about as useful to you as already chewed gum.***
Anyhoots, we'll be spending approximately 2 days in Paris before taking off to Zurich, then to Rhine Valley, Germany, onto Bruges, Belgium and finally ending up in Amsterdam. I am looking for suggestions as far as where to go in any of these locations, where to stay, where to eat, where to party our asses off, etc. etc. We would like to keep this trip as cheap as possible, however I don't think I'm feeling the whole hostel stuff (something about sharing a room/shower/toilet/etc. w/ a stranger in another country...stranger danger! AND what if the hubs and I want to do some hanky panky in this foreign country!?!? I'm not one for voyeurism, although if you are into that I'm not judging you...really...to each his own! But I prefer to keep my hoohah to my hubby only. They don't call me Britney, bitch.) So any suggestions on where to go (or even where NOT to go) and things to do would be awesome. We're still in the early stages of planning (which means we haven't planned a damn thing except for the cities we want to visit) so please HELP!!! You can email me at kellielea79 [at] hotmail [dot] com.
In other questions, do you think they celebrate the Independence of America in France? Yeah, I didn't think so. Damn it.
***If you've never been to Europe you can stop reading here b/c the rest of this post will be about as useful to you as already chewed gum.***
Anyhoots, we'll be spending approximately 2 days in Paris before taking off to Zurich, then to Rhine Valley, Germany, onto Bruges, Belgium and finally ending up in Amsterdam. I am looking for suggestions as far as where to go in any of these locations, where to stay, where to eat, where to party our asses off, etc. etc. We would like to keep this trip as cheap as possible, however I don't think I'm feeling the whole hostel stuff (something about sharing a room/shower/toilet/etc. w/ a stranger in another country...stranger danger! AND what if the hubs and I want to do some hanky panky in this foreign country!?!? I'm not one for voyeurism, although if you are into that I'm not judging you...really...to each his own! But I prefer to keep my hoohah to my hubby only. They don't call me Britney, bitch.) So any suggestions on where to go (or even where NOT to go) and things to do would be awesome. We're still in the early stages of planning (which means we haven't planned a damn thing except for the cities we want to visit) so please HELP!!! You can email me at kellielea79 [at] hotmail [dot] com.
In other questions, do you think they celebrate the Independence of America in France? Yeah, I didn't think so. Damn it.
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Also, Foreigner was AWESOME. Seriously a fucking great show. And yes, I was pretty much the youngest person there but I don't care. It. was. GREAT.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
The Post in Which I Talk About: Pizza, A New Car, Spewing out Babies and France*
I’m baaaccckkk…
This past weekend was yet another in a long line of plan less weekends. We started out the weekend w/ nothing planned and no clue what we would do. Friday we went to a happy hour after work which turned into dinner and drinks at The Leaning Tower of Pizza. (If you live in/around Minneapolis and you’ve never been there you are totally missing out on some of the best pie ever. Seriously, this stuff is effing rad. I love the Italian Stallion. It is so. damn. good. In fact now I am craving it again… But then again who wouldn’t love some Italian Stallion? Bow chicka wow wow.) Saturday was spent shopping and then hanging out w/ some friends and going to Sandy’s to get the town’s best burger and cheese curds. And Sunday I spent at Mel’s baby shower.
Speaking of babies, while at the baby shower I got a text exclaiming Baby Ross was born that morning. (Congrats Amanda & Steve!) Also over the weekend we found out that one of our few NBP (No Baby Peeps) are now expecting. Wade and I’s pool of friends to go out with just got that much smaller. We are now definitely in the minority of our friends by not having a baby or being preggo. Out of all of my friends I have so many that are preggo right now I had to make a list w/ their due dates so that I could remember them all. I actually made a list w/ all my friends babies on it too so that I can keep them all straight. There are just way too many! Is that sad? Am I a bad friend for not putting it all to memory? Well, if I’m a bad friend then so are some of my other friends b/c when I told them I had this said list they asked for a copy of it so that they could add on and start their own! Seems like I’m not the only one with this problem and lack of memory space for eight trillion baby names, birthdates, etc. I think I should have charged for my list. Haha.
Between now and August Mel and Peter’s baby is due in March, my good friend Kristin and her hubs Chris are due in June, the Anderson’s are due in June, an old co-worker’s wife is due w/ twins in June, a childhood friend (Lesli & Tim) due in July and now the latest of the bunch (who I will not name b/c I’m not sure who all they’ve told yet) are due in August. That is 7 babies in 6 months. Craziness.
While there are times that I ponder if we should start trying now b/c our social life has seriously taken a beating due to not having any NBP’s to go out with and I’m scared once we do start trying we will have troubles conceiving and sometimes Wade drives me bat shit b/c he says he is bored (and a baby would definitely cure his boredom!), but I always end up knowing that our decision to wait until Wade is done (or at least close to being done) with his MBA is a wise decision. Plus, Wade got accepted into one of the MBA travel abroad courses and we are going to France in June/July! I. Can’t. Wait!!!! I’ve only been outside of the US 3 times before: twice to Mexico and once to the Caribbean. Those don’t really count though. Just like Canada doesn’t count. B/c basically they are attached to the US and make them our neighbors and although great neighbors, I don’t consider that traveling abroad. Do you? It’s like cheating. We are also going to go to Sturgis this August and I definitely do not want to be preggo there. The heat would kill me and my unborn fetus and not being able to drink at Sturgis is like not being able to gamble in Vegas. What’s the point?
Anyway, I feel at times that babies are being spewed at me left and right and I have to duck, dodge and flail to avoid being smacked w/ the baby virus. Don’t get me wrong, I love babies. They are cute and cuddly but they are also filled with vomit and poop. I’m not ready for that yet. Plus Wade and I just bought my dad’s old BMW Z3 convertible which isn’t exactly baby friendly. It’s only a 2-seater so there wouldn’t be anywhere to put the baby and I’d end up driving around w/ it in my lap just like Britney Spears. And she went all loco on us and I don’t want that to happen to me b/c Lord knows you guys don’t want to see my hoo-ha and I definitely do not look good bald (I’m assuming).
Speaking of babies, I’ve got to run. I’m meeting my girlfriend, Becca for lunch at Applebee’s and she’s bringing her lovely little twins, Courtney & Quintin. I can’t believe that in April they will be 1 year old already. Time flies!
Update: Well I couldn’t get this out before lunch, so I am back from lunch and I have to say that Becca amazes me. How she can handle 2 little ones so easily is beyond my comprehension. I am praying that I do not have twins b/c that would be a lot of work! So… knowing my luck I will have triplets. Damn it.
*Me talking about France is kind of funny b/c of one of Wade’s racing buds, Itchy. One of the first times I met Itchy was at a weekend long race and on one of the nights I had been drinking (big surprise!) and he noticed that I am kind of raunchy after downing a few. He was flabbergasted that I was talking about farts or poop or something gross. He said that he thought my family and I were “sophisticated and sat around talking about France or something”. To that I just about died laughing. Yeah, France. Right.
This past weekend was yet another in a long line of plan less weekends. We started out the weekend w/ nothing planned and no clue what we would do. Friday we went to a happy hour after work which turned into dinner and drinks at The Leaning Tower of Pizza. (If you live in/around Minneapolis and you’ve never been there you are totally missing out on some of the best pie ever. Seriously, this stuff is effing rad. I love the Italian Stallion. It is so. damn. good. In fact now I am craving it again… But then again who wouldn’t love some Italian Stallion? Bow chicka wow wow.) Saturday was spent shopping and then hanging out w/ some friends and going to Sandy’s to get the town’s best burger and cheese curds. And Sunday I spent at Mel’s baby shower.
Speaking of babies, while at the baby shower I got a text exclaiming Baby Ross was born that morning. (Congrats Amanda & Steve!) Also over the weekend we found out that one of our few NBP (No Baby Peeps) are now expecting. Wade and I’s pool of friends to go out with just got that much smaller. We are now definitely in the minority of our friends by not having a baby or being preggo. Out of all of my friends I have so many that are preggo right now I had to make a list w/ their due dates so that I could remember them all. I actually made a list w/ all my friends babies on it too so that I can keep them all straight. There are just way too many! Is that sad? Am I a bad friend for not putting it all to memory? Well, if I’m a bad friend then so are some of my other friends b/c when I told them I had this said list they asked for a copy of it so that they could add on and start their own! Seems like I’m not the only one with this problem and lack of memory space for eight trillion baby names, birthdates, etc. I think I should have charged for my list. Haha.
Between now and August Mel and Peter’s baby is due in March, my good friend Kristin and her hubs Chris are due in June, the Anderson’s are due in June, an old co-worker’s wife is due w/ twins in June, a childhood friend (Lesli & Tim) due in July and now the latest of the bunch (who I will not name b/c I’m not sure who all they’ve told yet) are due in August. That is 7 babies in 6 months. Craziness.
While there are times that I ponder if we should start trying now b/c our social life has seriously taken a beating due to not having any NBP’s to go out with and I’m scared once we do start trying we will have troubles conceiving and sometimes Wade drives me bat shit b/c he says he is bored (and a baby would definitely cure his boredom!), but I always end up knowing that our decision to wait until Wade is done (or at least close to being done) with his MBA is a wise decision. Plus, Wade got accepted into one of the MBA travel abroad courses and we are going to France in June/July! I. Can’t. Wait!!!! I’ve only been outside of the US 3 times before: twice to Mexico and once to the Caribbean. Those don’t really count though. Just like Canada doesn’t count. B/c basically they are attached to the US and make them our neighbors and although great neighbors, I don’t consider that traveling abroad. Do you? It’s like cheating. We are also going to go to Sturgis this August and I definitely do not want to be preggo there. The heat would kill me and my unborn fetus and not being able to drink at Sturgis is like not being able to gamble in Vegas. What’s the point?
Anyway, I feel at times that babies are being spewed at me left and right and I have to duck, dodge and flail to avoid being smacked w/ the baby virus. Don’t get me wrong, I love babies. They are cute and cuddly but they are also filled with vomit and poop. I’m not ready for that yet. Plus Wade and I just bought my dad’s old BMW Z3 convertible which isn’t exactly baby friendly. It’s only a 2-seater so there wouldn’t be anywhere to put the baby and I’d end up driving around w/ it in my lap just like Britney Spears. And she went all loco on us and I don’t want that to happen to me b/c Lord knows you guys don’t want to see my hoo-ha and I definitely do not look good bald (I’m assuming).
Speaking of babies, I’ve got to run. I’m meeting my girlfriend, Becca for lunch at Applebee’s and she’s bringing her lovely little twins, Courtney & Quintin. I can’t believe that in April they will be 1 year old already. Time flies!
Update: Well I couldn’t get this out before lunch, so I am back from lunch and I have to say that Becca amazes me. How she can handle 2 little ones so easily is beyond my comprehension. I am praying that I do not have twins b/c that would be a lot of work! So… knowing my luck I will have triplets. Damn it.
*Me talking about France is kind of funny b/c of one of Wade’s racing buds, Itchy. One of the first times I met Itchy was at a weekend long race and on one of the nights I had been drinking (big surprise!) and he noticed that I am kind of raunchy after downing a few. He was flabbergasted that I was talking about farts or poop or something gross. He said that he thought my family and I were “sophisticated and sat around talking about France or something”. To that I just about died laughing. Yeah, France. Right.
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