Stan picked up a hire car in Agen and after mastering the left hand drive, staying on the right hand side of the road and activating "Serena" the fabulous GPS system we drove for almost 5.5 hours through spectacular mountain scenery, big valleys and rivers, hydroelectric systems with massive dams, on big tollways as well as small winding roads, through fog and drizzle to reach the town built on an old volcano: St Fleur. That sentence almost as long as the drive. ...

I have been a bit slack in keeping up to date... Sorry. Too busy having a great time. We joined the McCubbin-Quinlan family again for 5 days aboard the canal boat Penichette 1550r, called "villeneuve-sur-lot" but we just called her " the boat". Recovering from our night at the hotel Astoria, out in the suburbs, we loaded up our trolley at the local "Hyper Casino" supermarket. Smaller outlets are called Petite Casino and really big ones are appropriately named "S...

June 23rd I had initially planned to go to Versailles this morning but due to the late night, and not sure about value in spending 2 hours to get there and back when we a only had half a day and trip advisor advice that there are long queues especially on Sundays, I changed my plans. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, I would have booked a tour of some sort if I'd really thought about it. Wish a had a week in Paris - but I would say that about every place. Next ti...

June 22 nd Today was the day for shopping. I am sure there is some excellent shopping in Paris but as with elsewhere in the world, trying to find appropriate clothing for a small and short teenager is challenging. Eventually we gave up the search for a dress for the school house dinner and set ourselves an achievable goal, souvenir shopping - cheap and cheerful. We spent the afternoon at Musuee d'Orsay before headlining up to an area called Montmarte home to M...

June 21 st - Disneyland This was the big day we had all been waiting for : Eurodisney. We met David, Ruby and Jasper McCubbin at the Luxembourg RER station at 8.30 sharp. Ready for a day of adventure. Whilst Stan and Karen Quinlan went off for meetings and gallery visits. Karen is in charge of the Bendigo Art Gallery, and she happened to be here in Europe at the same time. So whist they went off to work, we played. We also arranged to go on a canal boat with t...