There is one thing that Stan likes to do more than anything and that is to walk. We certainly did enough of that today. Miles and miles. A balmy day, with a spot of rain, well a bucket really, lucky whilst we were in the Centre Pompidou, a contemporary building exhibiting modern art. Alex decided she quite likes art when it's nice and interesting. Cassie loves taking photos, with a different perspective of the world. We all liked this gallery, and it kept us ...

We returned the hire car intact and our journey to Paris went smoothly. The Eurostar was Ok, very fast, but not that flash. Feeling a bit pressed for time as train slightly delayed arriving at 5 pm and our Eiffel Tower tour booked for 7.15 pm. Taxi queues a mile long, with traffic at a standstill, we managed to find our way to the hotel, packed into the train like sardines with all our luggage, but when we came out of the underground station an enormous storm br...