Greg’s blog entry:

Before we moved to Paris we were constantly being asked the same question, “Why move to Paris?” People would ask questions like; “Won’t you miss your friends and family?”, “Aren’t you scared?” The simple answer to these questions was “yes”.  Because of this a lot of people didn’t understand why we were doing it.

We did it because it’s not what you will miss out on, it’s what you will gain from the experience. My family and friends will still be in Peterborough when we come back, and when we do come back we will be able to look back on countless experiences and memories that we wouldn’t have had without this move.

We have only been in Europe three weeks and already we have seen The Louvre, played beach volleyball in the centre of Paris, visited countless churches including Notre Dame, shopped at La Defense, been to the Arch De Triumph, walked the Champs Elysees, been through two castles, and we also see the Eiffel Tower daily. We have toured the streets of Amsterdam, visited Ann Frank House and the Van Gogh Museum, walked through the Red Light District, painted a naked woman, and used wifi at a ‘brown’ cafe. You might wonder why a city would allow these things to happen in their society, but in order to understand why,  you actually have to be immersed in the culture and realize that for the people of Amsterdam there is nothing strange about it. This is the way of life they have grown up with and what they see as normal.

After Amsterdam we went to Belgium to see the actual blood of Christ stained in a cloth used on him during his crucifixion. There aren’t many people that have seen this relic and for that I am grateful. We also tasted chocolate at a chocolate factory and took a train to Ypres where many battles were fought in WW1.

This is the reason we moved overseas.