Hi from Ann & Stephen We are now into Day 14 out of 35 of our trip and time has really flown by. Although when we planned this trip many months ago we intended for it to be reasonably relaxing as we thought we would try and not fall into the trap of doing too many sights and activities. However, as with most sight-seeing holidays the days are always really hectic with only limited time to chill out and put the feet up. The south of England was interesting ...

Today we woke up early to visit the Versailles Palace. We were struggling to get up because it is hard to get up early, (just like school days) :) We felt a bit less tired after breakfast so we packed what we needed and left. We caught the train to Versailles which took just under an hour. We bought our tickets and made it through the scanner where it checks your bags :) We looked inside the palace first and it was really amazing to see how much money the kings...

Hey today was a really great day finally being able to see the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre in real life! :) Today was truly amazing... We caught the train to the centre of Paris with excitement rushing throughout my brain, until finally we arrived. There it was towering way above our heads, touching the blue and sunny morning sky of France. The 'Eiffel Tower'. We all had a great time taking the elevator all the way to the top and seeing Paris to it's greatest an...

Today was Spectacular I really cannot believe what I saw! We reached the Eiffel Tower quite early in the morning and already there were heaps of people swarming around the Eiffel Tower. The line was huge! I've seen pictures and heard so much about the Eiffel Tower and how famous it is and I couldn't believe my eyes when I actually saw it and went up it. OK, I did imagine it a bit different but that doesn't stop it from being amazing. It was a breath-taking vie...

Slept in until 9:30 after a long night yesterday! We decided we were going to have a look at the Louvre, one of the largest art galleries in the whole world! When we arrived we realized that it wasn't going to be open until tomorrow (Wednesday). On our way out we were surrounded and overwhelmed with the many gypsies/beggars coming up to us and claiming to be deaf and dumb, kissing the sign paper and making funny hand gestures. We had a slow stroll over a bridg...