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...

Jeeez I hate that !!! I just spent ages writing this entry and uploading photo's on the slowest internet connection on the planet, only to wipe the entire entry with a single misplaced key stroke.... Damn that peeves me off!! Last time I travelled with the boys, we used a site called "TravelPod". Unfortunately TP is now defunct and this site is the nearest I could find, but I'm not enjoying the experience anywhere near as much as TP. It seems cumbersome... Any...

And we're off ! Arriving in London at around 4.00pm local time, we couldn't wait to get started on our excursion. Sailing through immigration with no problems, we found ourselves on the express to Paddington station, onto the Bakerloo line and then to the Jubilee line for Canning Town station. Lol found the peak hour crush an interesting experience, as the doors opened on the last train to a mass of humanity, squished in like sardines. Helped onboard with a sho...