Nicole Bienvenue La France: National Lampoon's Family Vacation

Day 7: Reims, Pierrefonds, Compiègne

Today would be our last day all together. We started out by driving to Reims to see the infamous cathedral, Saint Remi de Reims that dates back to the 1000’s. It was so neat to be standing inside a building that has been standing for 1000 years. We then drove past Notre Dame de Reims, but I preferred the other cathedral. After Reims, we were onto Pierrefonds, but not before we stopped to eat lunch at IKEA. Yup, we got Swedish meatballs from IKEA. The only problem was Todd got extremely sick immediately after eating and we ended up staying at IKEA longer than expected. He eventually started to feel better so we were on our way again. We went to Pierrefonds which is an old medieval village and the tv show, Merlin is actually filmed at the castle. My parents and Todd watch the show, so I figured it would be neat for them to see it. We didn’t tour the castle because there is not much to see inside (I had already been in), but we did get to see the outside. It is pretty impressive. We then headed to Compiègne. My mom and I went to the grocery store and got food to make chicken noodle soup for dinner. We were done with eating out and seeing as Todd still didn’t feel great, we figured we would eat in. And what’s better than homemade chicken soup and some champagne. We then loaded up the car with all my luggage because my parents were taking it back with them and we said our goodbyes. They were off and I stayed in Compiègne. Their flight was early the next morning, so they stayed over in a hotel at the airport.

It was so great to see my family and we had a wonderful time together, especially those times that we went to F**kville. It will always be a family joke!