more churches, and one madonna

more travel inside Belgium this weekend. Brugges (again, three spellings - Bruges, Brugge) is near, but not ON the North Sea. and very very old. and more churches. we saw one of the few pieces from Michelangelo (Buonarroti - yes, we do know his last name!) in the cathedral there. most are in Italy. this time we did NOT climb to the top (even though there were a couple hundred less stairs). the Madonna and Child was sculpted in 1505. that's really old!

and a carriage ride!

we traveled around Brugges (Brugge, Bruges) in style this weekend - horse carriages galore! its a very very medieval city with very very narrow cobblestone streets (we could touch the buildings on either side of some streets!). and not many cars in the middle. perfect for all the horses - although we can't seem to understand how the tour busses make it in and around?!

dem bones dem bones...

so we spent the weekend in Paris. sabina's favorite thing to see was the Eiffel Tower (at night) Jack's favorite were the Catacombs. hard to find, waaaaay underground, and creepy as all git-out, but well worth the trip. btw, there are 2 different links on the eiffel tower. make sure you see both of them!

the real one is much bigger

we finally get to see the real Arc de Triomphe. it certainly is much bigger than the one we saw at mini europe! not as cool as the bones, though...

Eiffel Tower day and night!

On Saturday we went TWO times to see the Eiffel Tower. In the morning we went all the way to the top (it was foggy). Then we came back at 10 o'clock at night. The tower was lit up with sparkles for a few minutes and we got pictures.