HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILL!!

This guy turns 30 today!!  Woop woop!!  Happy birthday William Ward!!

Beers in Munich are THIS Big

I Heart Belgium- Honeymoon/Semana Santa VIII

After our honeymoon in Reims, we took the train to Brussels, where we had a night to stay before heading back to Spain.  We love Brussels!  This was our third trip here and it was nice to be back.  Brussels has the best mussels and frites, everyone speaks French, Flemish, and English, and the city is so beautiful and unique.  Unfortunately, the only pictures we got were when we walked through a small cathedral (go figure)- but here is our time in Brussels!  

 

And we may have had Pizza Hut for dinner...

The Character of Reims- Honeymoon/Semana Santa Part VII

Besides all the Champagne vineyards, Reims was full of character. 

One of the amazing things about Reims was its' architecture.  Everywhere you looked you could see unique buildings!

The city does a great job highlighting their buildings at night!

 

 

AND it has amazing food, like mussels and frites!!

                                This guy's favorite                            And of course a unicycle-ist

And I just love the ancient Roman ruins that are chillin' in the middle of a carnival.  Yes, those are Roman ruins back there... behind the ferris wheel...

 

The Ruins!

 

We were only in Reims for 5 days, but it was enough time to explore the small town and see what it has to offer.  It does make me wonder what other small towns have and where else we need to explore...

Moving on

At the beginning of the year, we got together with other Americans to have a pot luck dinner.  We continued to have our pot luck nearly every Sunday night of the year.  Last Sunday, we had our final Sunday night dinner.  We celebrated with some paella and vino!  It was definitely a bitter sweet feeling.  Some of our friends will be staying through the summer, some will go back to the states for good, and a few will be returning in the Fall for another year!  We'll be heading back to the States on June 15th and hoping to move to Greenville, SC this summer.  We're looking forward to a new adventure :) 

 



Reims Cathedral- Honeymoon/Semana Santa Part VI

On our travels recently, we've seemed to wander into several cathedrals.  There's something about majestic buildings that were created with basic tools hundreds of year ago that just draw you in.   The cathedral in Reims was no exception and rivaled that of Notre Dame in Paris.  At night you could see it lit up from a distance and it was beautiful! 

 

At 800 years old, it's looking pretty good!  The Reims Cathedral was built after a fire destroyed a church in the same location in 1211.  It was partially destroyed in WWI and has since been rebuilt.  Not a shabby way to spend some time. 

Bus to Where?

As seen in Reims