Road Trip from Marseilles to Paris: Part 1

In late June my parents came to join us on a two-week road trip from Marseilles to Paris. We rented a car and had a great time stopping in towns and cities along the route, mostly staying two nights in each place except for Paris where we stayed for four. In many of the towns we rented apartments where we'd make at least one meal a day--which of course always consisted of at least two French baguettes, a variety of local cheeses, and wine. We hopped from towns in the Riviera to the Western edge of Switzerland, through a small portion of Germany for one afternoon, and then to Paris. It was good to make the trip with family after being away from home for so long.

We penciled in a rough map of our route. Here it is.

Friends Visit, Part 1: Budapest, Hungary

On June 8th we were happy to have some visitors from home come travel with us for two weeks.

The guy on the left is Sito. He's from Madrid, Spain and we met back in 2008 in Washington, D.C. where he was studying English. He's a great guy and we've traveled together before a number of times, both in the US and outside. I hadn't seen him in a few years, so it was great to catch up. The one on the right is Ian and he and I have also traveled quite a lot together. We go back all the way to our freshman year of college. He has a nice beard.