European Summer Part V: Driving from the Dolomites to Paris

Published on by Cheryl Lock
My babies in the Germany town where I was born. The absolute best.

Hi friends! Welcome to the insane drive portion of our summer in Europe. We left the Dolomites around 6 a.m. on Friday to begin our journey to Paris, which would take us two days and include several stops along the way.

Most of the time the drive was stunning.

Our first stop was Innsbruck, Austria, for a park runaround and some sugar to wake us up.

Rapoldi Park was so much fun! It was huge, had beautiful gardens, a cafe, duck pond, and two playgrounds.
Duck pond!
Back at it!

Our second stop was the Chinese Beer Garden — located in the English Garden — in Munich. Chris and I had been here with his parents the last time we were in Munich, and Chris had such amazing memories of the food that we had to go back!

So pretty!
YUM.
This girl truly came into her love of meat on this trip!
The merry-go-round was a hit!

Then we were off to our final stop of the night: Nuremburg, where I was born! Hotel Victoria was so perfect. Right at the beginning of the town center, and with a beautiful breakfast included in the price.

I couldn’t believe I finally made it to my birthplace with my girls!

It meant so much to me to be in Nuremburg with my babies! I hadn’t been back since I lived there as a kid, either, so it was truly a special night.

Oh Germany. I love you.
We walked up to the Imperial Castle, which had amazing views of the city.
Emilia basically ate pretzels the whole time. Le sigh.
Twinning <3
Core memories made, for sure.

After a 6-hour road trip back in the car on Saturday, we arrived in Reims, France! Our Airbnb was super close to the town center, so we went exploring right away.

Watermelon in our French courtyard.
Reims, you are so super cute <3
Obviously this carousel was a hit!
Grace is a bit over photos. No one tell her we have two weeks left …
Dinner at Brasserie Le Gaulois was SO GOOD.
Breakfast was obviously of the bread and pastry persuasion.
We toured a little bit around the Champagne region on our way out to Paris.
Such a beautiful area of the world!

And then it was a little under two hours to our next stop … our Airbnb in France! But, that’s a story for another time 😉 Until then, bis bald, friends!

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