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

Today  started out well but we had a rather large hiccup in the middle of it. Initially it was our usual short walk to the metro. Di and Karen always seem to manage to score an “egg” seat which are very comfortable. We were on our way for another walking tour around the Monmatre area … More July 28 Pari Day 5 –  Not such a Magical Day

Today was planned as a rest day for us as we knew our full day at Versailles yesterday would take its toll. It was about having a leisurely breakfast, explore our neighbourhood and maybe make it down to the Tour de France final stage. Well, we fitted all that in and more. The apartment we … More July 27   Pari Day 4 – Magical Day

Big day today. This has taken a bit of planning over the last few months working out logistics as well as booking tickets in advance. One of the more frustrating aspects has been negotiating the website which was the epitome of pulling our hair out. Our big plan was to visit Versailles. We had been … More July 26    Pari – Versailles Day 3

Another leisurely breakfast at home with our morning croissant purchased from the corner boulangerie. Our plan for the day was to head back down towards the Louvre where we were to do a walking tour about the French Revolution. First task was to get down to the meeting place which we tackled by using public … More July 25    Pari Day 2

Awoke to a very overcast cool day which for a traveller is perfect weather. The morning was christened with our first of what will be many croissants from the local boulangerie. A very Parisienne thing to do. We are attempting to keep our activities to two events at the most in a day as we … More July 24    Pari Day 1

This is a tough day for us as we are bidding farewell to Horst and Elfi and after such a wonderful 10 days with them, it is very hard. We don’t know if we will ever be back in Germany to see them again as we very much doubt they will ever make it out … More July 23      Aschaffenburg  to Gai Pari