Well, it's happened. We've had our first major transport blunder. Successfully flew from Paris to Madrid, arriving into Madrid at 9:30pm. We then had a three hour wait before we boarded a 12 hour flight from Madrid to Lima. Or at least that was the plan… We boarded without a hiccup, but after engine start we knew something was up. After about 20 minutes of sitting and wondering we were told that there were technical problems and we'd be taxiing back in and the...

Up and on the Paris metro again this morning to see a couple of things we missed the first time around. First stop was Notre Dame Cathedral for a walk by and some photos. Then it was off to the Louvre for some culture and to look at some paintings that we really have no idea about or that much interest in. But we can both now say we've seen the Mona Lisa! After a wander around the Louvre we made our way to Avenue Des Champs Élysées and walked its length to the...

Another travel day today; Amsterdam to Paris. No major hiccups, even with plenty of chance given we had to make 3 train swaps and on the first 3 trains we didn't have pre-reserved seats. So we made it into Paris by late afternoon and walked the short distance to the hotel. Both suitcases survived the journey, although after a tumble down the escalator in Antwerp, the pull handle on Troy's case has a significant bow in it! Out for dinner now (getting a lot over ...

Today we set off to see the sights and experience the smells of Amsterdam. Amsterdam has a great bike road network, with dedicated bike 'roads', so we decided to hire two for the day. And wouldn't you know it, the 4th vehicle we've hired on our trip and the 4th time it's snowed just after we set out! Easy enough to put up with in a car, not so great on a bike! But we battled through and still got to see a few of the Amsterdam attractions. First stop was a sports...

Today we had a forced rest day with poor Case getting a migraine. Not much fun for her at all, so spent most of the day in the hotel with the blinds closed. Troy ducked out to get our train tickets to Paris and our luck of getting on fairly direct trains has finally run out. Because of all the public transport interruptions they've had in France due to snow, all of the direct trains were full. So now we have to travel Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Antwerp - Lille - Pa...