Not a good start to the morning at all. We got up with the alarm going off at the god forsaken time of 4.30am. We both did manage about four hours sleep which was better than nothing. We closed up the apartment and turned the power off and locked the door with all of our … More August 01 Homeward Bound

Our last full day in Paris.  We are both starting to flag out now as we are up to 37 days and the trip has been pretty full on the whole time. We hadn’t organised much for today except to go down and have a look at a couple of the old established department stares … More July 31 Pari Day 8

Our last day with Karen as this afternoon we need to take her to Gare du Nord to put her on the Eurostar back to London. It has been such a wonderful time catching up with her in London and it is one of those friendships where you might not have seen one another for … More July 29   Pari Day 6

We knew today would be long and involve quite a bit of time on our feet but even we underestimated the task. We had tried a few times to book a time slot for getting into Norte Dame as we had been told the queues were very long. We had failed in all three attempts … More July 30   Pari Day 7