Getting There Is Half the Fun?

Whoever invented this phrase--"getting there is half the fun"--obviously did not have traveling with two kids under the age of 2 in mind.

We made it to France in one piece--minus an infant car seat somehow lost on the way through no fault of our own--and I defy anybody to have a relaxing meal on the airplane with a very grabby 18-month-old eager to snatch all manner of food and silverware from the tray sitting in any proximity.

Here's a photo of the Hellmans waiting in the Boston airport for our flight.

We took the TGV (train a grande vitesse, which means literally "train of great speed") from Paris to La Baule.

I haven't shown a picture of Max in awhile--here is our little 1-month-old after taking a bath.
French for the Day: "Soufflez, vous saurez" means "Breathe, you'll know." It's the ad campaign I saw on T.V. recently for the alcohol breathalizer test you can buy to make sure it's okay to drive home. Interestingly, despite an overall more frequent alcohol consumption compared to the U.S., France has a lower permissable blood alcohol level than the U.S. (U.S. = .08%; France = .05%).