The last few days of our trip had always been scheduled as spending time with family and consequently very little of holiday travels. On leaving Paris on Wednesday we took the Eurostar back to London, turns out we were lucky as there had been a few cancellations on Tuesday so every train was full. They were making announcements in Gare du Nord that no more bookings would be taken for travel on the day. After a very smooth ride back to St. Pancras it was a short w...

After the big museum day yesterday, today we decided it was time to take it easy and to just go and have a look at Galleries Lafayette. This is the Harrods of Paris and well worth a visit just to see the stained glass domed roof over the main shopping area. We took the metro which only required one change to get there and once there started to stroll round the store, first off in the jewelry section, to see the sights, watches for over E$100K, diamonds etc you w...

No that should read Mona Lisa, or Our day at the Louvre, or Girls you would have been so proud of Jane today. We had decided to take in the Louvre today and took a stroll along the river bank from our hotel to the museum. We decided to go to the Louvre as it was supposed to be overcast and showers. Just as in Australia and the UK, the weather forecasters find it hard to predict rain in a thunderstorm. On entry to the forecourt we realised we should have pre...

Many would liken this to the holy grail, but we finally stumbled across this on the artist side of Montmartre in Rue Labat. A vacant parking space on the street. I had heard rumors there was such a thing but had never seen one, and always thanked my lucky stars I had not had the experience of looking for one in Paris. Many will only believe their eyes so please see the attached photo for proof, most Parisians will of course doubt this and continue to park whereve...

Today was the day to visit Montserrat, we had thought about a formal tour but after some consideration, and a lot of research on Mr Google we decided to do it ourselves. To be honest it was very easy, easier than we expected. The day started with a tram trip to the local underground station, from where we took the underground to the Placa Espania to catch the R5 train line to Montserrat. All too easy and 3 different transport types so far. There are 2 stations y...