M&R's Vacation Stories

Visit my Society6 store Link to photo album Now selling some photos if you're interested -  PlanetEarth on Society6 .  Also if you have a request for any of my photos I can get them posted for you.  You ever get a random text from a friend/family member who is inquiring if you're interested in going on a random trip.  Well, that's how this one started out with my aunt-in-law Aimel of El Paso Trip and Everglades fame got an itch to go to Washington DC just to visit Shenandoah National Park.  Of course Rebe and myself could not turn down a trip and when Aimel pitched it as a Friday trip, I suggested that we leave Thursday night and get an extra full day out of it.  And that's what we did.  Friday June 3rd We arrived late and since Aimel had a friend that lived in the DC suburbs, we crashed there on Thursday night and got up early to get a start on for the first day. I am sure most of you have never heard of Shenandoah National Park, as it is not really...

Link to the Paris photo album Visit my Society6 store I was lucky enough to be selected by someone in my company, no one ever really told me how I was selected, to go to Paris, France to help out with the latest roll out of SAP within Schlumberger (the company I work for).  Of course I said yes, they wanted me there for 2 weeks and of course I said yes and being the smooth operator that I am I asked my boss if she would let me take a few vacation days at the end of the work trip.  Being the kind lady that she is, she also said yes. Since I did not fully document every day as most of the days were work days, this post will probably have less words and less stories but I will try to give a good detail of what I saw and did on the trip. And yes, Rebe did join me on this work trip 😉. I arrived on April 6th, worked April 7th and 8th so I guess the 'fun' started on the 8th with dinner at La Coupole with my coworkers Jen, Herb and friend Troy.  After dinner and drinks it was ti...