Scott Grissom Photography: European Vacation

My wife and I decided last summer that we were going on vacation for spring break 2013 and we wanted to go to Paris and London. She loves to travel and I had never been overseas so it was definitely a win-win for both of us. We decided to fly into London, take the Chunnel to Paris and we would fly out from there. Then last fall we were asked (at the last minute) to host a foreign exchange student. We hesitantly accepted and were we ever lucky. Her name was Astrid and she was wonderful. She was from Liege, Belgium.

One night when we were all sitting in the living room we mentioned that we were headed to Europe for spring break and she quickly said "You should stop over in Belgium and see me." At first we were thinking "You don't just 'stop over' into another country" but then we considered the fact that we hadn't really set any hard plans yet so "why not!" So now our plans were to fly into London and spend 2 days and one night, then take the evening Chunnel to Brussels and spend one night there and the next day with Astrid in the Capital of Belgium. We would then spend the night at her father's condo and take the Thalys to Paris for three days and three nights of touring. As it turned out that was a great plan and everything turned out great. I had an amazing experience overseas and I can't wait to go back and take more pictures. These are some of the highlights of the trip.