Looking back on France and England

During one of my meetings this afternoon, I could see a man flying a kite in the field next to our building. The kite would go up, Up, UP and twirl all around, and I hate to admit it, but I was a bit distracted from the task at hand. But just as quickly as the kite rose up, it came down, and the man left the field before our meeting was over.

So I know the last thing you want to read about are my thoughts on flying kites. Yet sometimes travel can be just like that — a brief flight into heights only dreamed about before floating (or crashing) back to Earth and reality. My time in Europe has already become something of a blur, but happily, I still have the pictures and memories to look back on. These are some of my favorite images from the dream trip my mom and I took to France and England.

Eiffel Tower at night

Monet's Garden

Cruising the Seine

Yellow rapeseed flowers

American Cemetery

Omaha Beach

Versailles

London

London Eye

Tulips at Blenheim Palace

Christ Church College (or the staircase from Hogwarts)

Highclere Castle (or Downton Abbey)

St. James's Park

Riding the London Eye