FRANCE - DAY 7 Today was a day of rest. We potted around the hotel during the morning before heading into the city after lunch for a last wander around. We walked back over some of the great places we had seen throughout the week and even had a bike ride up Champs se Lysses to the Arc de Triomphe. Later in the afternoon we caught up with our friend Amy who had just completed a marathon and we had dinner together before parting ways. Our week in Paris was fabu...

FRANCE - DAY 6 We had to get up at an unholy hour this morning to catch our bus tour to Mont Saint Michel. We caught the metro and exited easily. Then it started to go pear shaped. We got turned around and couldn't find the right street. As we raced through the dark streets of Paris to make it to the tour company on time, we began to have doubts of making it. Luckily we asked a pedestrian who pointed us in the right direction and we managed to make it just i...

FRANCE - DAY 5 - EURO DISNEY WOW! We thought we knew what theme parks were like, but you haven't seen anything until you do Disney. We spent all day there in one park, only did half the rides and saw a fraction of what was available and had an absolute blast. Ellexis and Angelique were in seventh heaven. On the train trip home, Ellexis and Angelique spent the entire journey pouring over the Disney maps reliving their favourite moments. Money well spent.

FRANCE - DAY 4 - PANTHEON Since we were on a Roman theme the next stop was the Pantheon. We were lucky here as they are just beginning a 7+ year restoration on the building and it will soon be totally encased in scaffolding as they work on restoring it. We are once again back to grand architecture. This place is HUGE! Inside it is just one room in the shape of a cross that is 82 metres high in the middle. Below it, down another winding staircase, are the crypts...

FRANCE - DAY 4 - NOTRE DAME Oh my God! It's snowing! could it get any colder? Who would have thought that half way through Spring we would be seeing snow. We were off to see the residence of Quasimodo, Notre Dame. It seemed like our luck was holding as we arrived and managed to walk straight in without lining up. Once again the scale and detail of the interior and exterior of this building is 'se magnifique'! We headed down into the crypts of Notre Dame and di...