Join Ben and Meagan as we share our experience traveling to Paris! Paris blog posts here. Check out our blog and Etsy shop Email us at yellowvantravels@gmail.com Find us on social media: Instagram Twitter Facebook Youtube **Links in show notes may contain affiliate links**
3 Things to do When Visiting Le Havre, France on a Cruise
If you’ve been on a cruise this has probably happened to you: the cruise is advertised as taking you to several famous places which sounds great until you find out that at least one of these places you are actually…
Yellow Van Travels Turns One!
It is so amazing to think that when we started this blog one year ago. We had just come back from a beautiful trip to the Grand Canyon and were excited to share our adventures. Since then, we have been…
A 3 Day Travel Guide to Paris
We spent a solid 3 days in Paris and felt like we saw everything we wanted to see. I’m sure if we stayed longer, we would have found some amazing hidden gems. But in 3 days we were able to…
The Archeological Crypt at Notre Dame
Notre Dame is an old building, older if you count its life from the beginning of construction rather than from its completion 200 years later. But even so the history of buildings on that spot, on the Cite island, is…
Visiting the Palace of Versailles
Visiting Versailles was one of our favorite days we spent in Paris. Although it is outside of the city center and away from the other main attractions of Paris, for us it was definitely worth setting aside a good part…
The Towers of Notre Dame
While I did write a couple weeks ago about the Notre Dame Cathedral, I did not go into detail about the tower tour that is available there. This is because there is an extra cost and considerable extra effort involved…
Why You Don’t Need to See the Louvre
One of the most iconic places in Paris, after the Eiffel Tower, is probably the Louvre museum. With its glass pyramid entrance, it is an enticing museum to go see. But when we went we were very underwhelmed. How…
Napoleon’s Tomb in Paris
Paris is full of things that are, or were once, the biggest, most expensive, or most impressive in the world for their class. Unfortunately for Napoleon the Pharaohs really made it nearly impossible to claim the title of the most…
Visiting the Arc de Triomphe
Ever since I was little, the Arc de Triomphe has been on my list of things to see in Paris. I even wanted to see it more than the Eiffel Tower. I’m not quite sure what my draw to the…