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The Wanderers

The four of us woke up this morning raring to go after a very good night’s sleep.  Chloe and Sophie were simply wiped out from the long travel day and my husband and I had pills to thank for our decent slumber.  Refreshed and excited, we made our way to Paris where we had a most excellent time wandering through the streets with no particular destination in mind other than a foiled visit to Notre Dame (more on that below).

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France Miniature

Twenty years ago, some obsessive-compulsive French creative types decided that they would create a unique kind of park.  A utopia for Lilliputians.  A way for regular folks to feel what it would be like to be Gulliver.  The result was France Miniature, a sprawling place that takes visitors on a meandering stroll across France and 116 of its most famous sites.  At 1/30th the scale.

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