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A Portal Back in Time

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Today we are heading to a portal back in time where we will see things from the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, Greece, Babylon, Syria and more. We are heading to the Louvre, which is more than just a museum. The building itself was used as a fortress and palace for around 600 years, including being used by Emperor Napoleon. For the last 230 years or so it's been a museum. We have an 11:30 AM reservation to get in. We decide to eat breakfast at our hotel to save time, but it is very expensive and turns out not really worth it. Almost everything is picked over when we go in, and there isn't much for food I can eat that is dairy free. Eventually they bring out some fresh croissants and about three people rush and take them all. They did bring out some eggs, but they are very under cooked and not in a good way. I mainly eat bread with jam as they don't even have peanut butter. The next time they bring out fresh croissants we each get one, but they are disappointing too, ...
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20 Questions to Paris

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I set out clothes for the kids to wear as Kailey has a Paris shirt along, and I want her to wear it. Nate told the kids we are going to drive to see the ASML factory, so Kailey asked “shouldn't I wear my ASML shirt if we are going to ASML?” I tell her we are going to do that, but since security won't let us tour the building, we won't be going inside, so no need. While the kids are eating breakfast, Nate sneaks the bags out to the car. I had hoped to be on the road already, but the kids struggled to get up this morning. We finally head out to the car, and Nate realizes he forgot his sunglasses in the room. Sunglasses are a must for a long road trip, so he has to go back for them. This requires walking all the way around to the front of the hotel as that's the only entrance we can go in with our key. About 10 minutes later we are finally on the way. The ASML campus has expanded so much since I was here 14 years ago, and there's very tight security now. We drive past ...
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