Thursday, July 5, 2012

Home Sweet Home

Good morning friends! I'm finally home! After being up for almost 24 hours yesterday, I was so happy to crash last night in my own bed. There's nothing quite like it after being gone for 10 days. Since I'm off work until I start my fellowship on July 23rd, I was planning on sleeping in till whenever I just happened to wake up. Unfortunately, even though I went to bed around 11, I woke up at 3am, again at 5am, 6am, then around 7am, I just decided to get out of bed. My body is still on London time {5 hours ahead of Indy time}. Oh well, if I get super tired later today, I can always take a nap. :)

I wanted to share a few pics with you today....I took about 400 pictures on my iPhone, my mom took around 100 on her point and shoot camera, and my dad took over 600 with his DSLR. So far, I've uploaded mine and my mom's, and plan on getting my dad's later today. 

Anyways, here are some of the highlights! If you follow me on Instagram {and if you don't, you should @pagingdrgrace!}, you may have seen some of these already!

Enjoy!

all checked in and ready to go!

flight from Chicago to London

made it to London!

right outside our hotel in Paris...the Eiffel Tower was just down the street!

Eiffel Tower at night

French cafe for breakfast

on top of the Eiffel Tower


TJ outside the Louvre

on top of the Arc de Triomphe

English Channel, Normandy

yummy mussels and frites in Normandy

Omaha Beach, one of the landing beaches for the American troops on D-Day

The American Cemetery in Normandy...incredible.

Pointe du Hoc...another one of the D-Day landing sites

my family minus mom at our friend's wedding in Normandy

my parents at the wedding

last day in Trouville-sur-mer, Normandy

walking along the boardwalk by the English Channel

telephone booth in London!

outside Buckingham Palace

countdown to the Olympics in Trafalgar Square

Back in Chicago before our drive home to Indy!

Our trip was absolutely incredible. Definitely once-in-a-lifetime to have 10 days in Europe with my parents, brother, and hubby. We saw some amazing things, and I have so much more that I want to share and tell you about. I plan on starting my detailed recaps on Monday, so stay tuned! Have a great day!

xo, emily

3 comments:

Hilliary Meisner said...

Such great pictures! Looks like you had a wonderful time !

Nikki said...

Looks like you guys had a great time! Cant wait to hear about everything!

Amanda said...

WOW! Looks like you guys had a blast! I am so jealous :) Was it hard returning back to work after such a fabulous vacay?

 
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