Day 3 in Paris. Still having trouble staying up past 8.30pm at night.... But then we end up waking at 5.30 - 6 am. So it was a leisurely morning having breakfast and writing the blog before heading off to the Louvre. This time the Metro app got us there without any hitches. Thinking that a Monday morning would be less crowded, was a mistake. Thanks to self serve ticket kiosks the queue wasn't too long. While the self serve caper is convenient, there is one major ...

We have now had 2 full days in Paris and the Nurofen tablets have had a hammering. That's what happens when you are not used to walking 4 - 5 klm's a day on hard pavements. On day 1 we went to the Marche des Enfants Rouge which is a food market that has been running continuously since 1615. In English this is translated as market of the red children ... So named because the site (prior to 1615) was an orphanage and the children were dressed in red to identify t...