A yellow bike to the Eiffel Tower

I want to:

Eat macaroons

Ride a yellow bike to the Eiffel Tower

See the Mona Lisa

Eat breakfast at a different bakery every morning

Go to church in French*
Buy French lingerie

Take a cooking class

Walk along the River Sienne

Have a picnic

Eat chocolate

Take long walks in the middle of the night with my sweetheart

And that can only be done in one place.

Its on. The hubs-is-graduating-law-school, honeymoon-we-never-took trip. And we're dreaming big.

See, husband usually works part time, and that's what we budget for. But, he's working full time this summer at a law firm. We figure if we put that extra money away this summer, and cut back a few things, i.e. the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale and what not, we'll have enough.

It will be fun to see such a small amount in an account grow. What are you saving up for these days?

While it is a year away, to me that means I can start looking up French words and such like I did when I went to Brazil.

If we can save enough money, we plan to rent a vacation home in the heart of downtown for a week and live like Parisians in the Spring.** If not hostels.

So far, I've been collecting guides and travel tips and daydreaming. Which is half the fun I think.

I know it is a completely unoriginal idea, but I have always found it romantic, and while I plan to visit all of Europe someday, this is where I want to start. It is a location that hubs hasn't been to either -- which is good and strange because he's been just about everywhere else.

*I've done this in Brazil and Jamaica and its really fun, plus you meet great people
**Spring is what I'm hoping, but truly it may be more dependant on the bar exam.

***Setting an asterisk record for posts