posting some of this here, copied from the Italy thread, bc suddenly i'm hitting both (along with Germany) and i have no idea what i'm doing 😄 we're going mid-May.
family trip, Germany first. we're doing some WWII sites, renting a car and heading to Normandy. my French exchange student lives in Brest, she's going to meet us somewhere, i think we're just going to tour some of the countryside around there, i still need to do research on what to see (other than WWII sites which my dad is planning). at least 2 days in Paris (we actually love cities)... then we were going to just drive back to Frankfurt and fly home... but then my mate said something about 'too bad we're not going to visit Italy' and I was like...pause... actually, we can do whatever we want to do lol.
so now dad and sis will take car and head back to Germany/home and we're gonna add another 4-5 days and probably fly home from Rome. i'm already on top of booking the train Paris>Rome.
i mean i figure we will likely never be back there again so there are some musts in Paris and Rome. Florence seems to be the other stop folks recommend the most.
anyways...we've been talking about this trip for a few years, but not actually doing anything for it. then my dad had shoulder surgery, then fell and broke his leg last summer or we might have done it in the fall. bottom line... i purchased one-way tickets Denver>Frankfurt last weekend, so this is happening one way or another 😆😮
i'll be perusing both threads from the beginning in the coming weeks...i really want to keep this pretty relaxed without a hard itinerary, but i know train tickets and some sites will need prior purchase. downloaded the Trainline app, felt super fancy 😋
j'ai etudie' le francais pour sept ans, en l'ecole secondaire et a l'universite'. je sais assez pour dire 's'il vous plait, parlez lentement?' 😄 je vais essayer...meme si c'est terrible 😆