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...

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...