Le tour de France ;) So I had breakfast and then headed a bit further up the col du tourmalet until I found a shady patch of grass and crashed! I had 3 hours to wait so I read my booked, relaxed and had some beer. The subsisting moving over the mountain so I had to wait the last hour or so in the thirty degree heat. About an hour before the tour was due the parade came through in which all the sponsors have cars and they through freebies out such as food sample...

Wow so Lourdes, so unexpected! So 6am wake up to get to the airport for my flight.... Ahhh! At the airport I had to say bye to Diane :( I'll miss her so much and I hope she is reading this coz she needs to come and visit in Australia :) So my plane to Lourdes was a small, country plane with two aisles with two seats each column. I was lucky and got the window seat with no one next to me. When we were almost in Lourdes and I looked out the window, all I saw we...

Norte dame de Paris :) So Diane and I went to see Norte dame de Paris. It is really beautiful and I'm glad I came back and saw it properly. It is really beautiful (as are most things in Europe) and I was lucky enough to see a mass happening. After this we went to my favorite little shop, pylones :) after this we had a bite to eat and some amazing ice cream before stumbling accross a nice little boutique shop where diane and I spent some more money :) We both...

Ahhh so tired! Arriving home at 8am will do that to you tho. So after having a few hours sleep Diane and I have a relaxing day at home and I help her with the cooking. She made pizza and Lasange and I helped by stirring the sauce for the Lasange :) Diane's dad also taught me how to make crepes from scratch and even taught me how to flip them and no, they didn't end up on the floor, they landed safely in the pan. I also tried some French cheese and all I'm goi...

Paris :) Today I had a massive sleep in after such a long day before. So I woke up and we went shopping :) man I love shopping, lots of fun, not so much fun for my bank account tho! After shopping we get ready to go out into Paris. Once in Paris we find a spot on the street with a crowd of people and watch the fireworks for Bastille day with the Eiffel tower in the background. It was so magical and so beautiful. The fireworks in France are do much better than ...