Deciding on some retail therapy, we headed back to Champs-Élysées at about 9.00am. Lauren had heard Nike shoes were cheap in Paris (hehe, nothing is cheap in Paris), alas it was not to be. Breakfast at George V, and on to The Louvre for a little cultural experience. Now I understand, this is a French museum in France, but I would hesitate a guess, a fair number of visitors would speak another language other than French! Why wouldn't you put another popular...

Lazing around the apartment until about 9.30am (Lauren has adapted to the local time, still snoozing at 8.30am), we headed off to meet the guys at "Paris Original Tours" for our Segway tour of Paris. This promised to be a bit of a giggle as everyone looks like a dork on a Segway, but they are great fun. It is predicted to reach 37 degrees today, so hopefully we will be finished before it gets too hot! Initially a little apprehensive, it didn't take Lauren lon...

Starting the day with Lauren's "Breakfast of Champions", crepe with chocolate filling, ice cream, cream and chocolate sauce, we headed off to find a hop on hop off bus to have a look around the greater Paris. With weather predictions in the mid 30's, we were in for a hot day. Buying a day pass ticket on an open top bus with the creatively named "Big Bus Company" we headed towards Basilica du Sacre-Coeur de Montmartre. With my stomach still churning away, we us...

9.00am saw us meeting up with Rae at the Eiffel for an early jump on the crowd. The queues through the heat of the day seem endless, and let me tell you, it's freakin hot on the bitumen under the tower. Emi Lou managed some aeronautical acrobatics to stretch her wings before taking the ride to the top of the West Pier about 10.00am. The view from the top is truly spectacular, even after multiple visits. From here we headed out for breakfast of crepes at a li...