Wednesday 27th July We were up reasonably early and breakfasted and off on the Metro at Sentier and went to St Lazare. Here we had to go out of the Metro Station and into Gare St Lazare where we were to meet the guide from Fat Tire Bike Company at 9.45am. We purchased our tickets (billets) from Paris to Joigny where we have to meet up with the people from Locaboat for our Canal Cruise. I rang them last night and confirmed that our one way trip was in fact going ...

Tuesday 26th July EASY DAY!! Well that’s what we had hoped for. Up early and breakfast and off out the door to get the Metro to Notre Dame – to beat the queues. We got to St Michel Metro and just as well we were not counting steps as we were able to get two escalators up to the street – cheating. We walked across the bridge to Notre Dame Cathedral. The Cathedral is on the Isle de la Cite, which is one of the two islands in the Seine. Notre Dame looms larg...

Monday 25 July 2011 Today Kevin has been counting steps! He counted every step we went up or down outside of our apartment. Guess how many there were? I said 750, Jane said 1022 and Paul won with 1200 because he was nearest – the total was 1385!!! Today was meant to be a quiet day sitting on a bus but it certainly did not turn out that way! Our plan was to meet up with the hop on, hop off bus. We headed for Notre Dame because we thought we would do a tour...

Sunday 24th July This morning although up early we got a late start out on our trip for the day. We went to look at a couple of markets. Only one train out to Ecole Militaire and then a walk down Rue de Cler where there were lots of people about having petite dejeurner. Not really a market although all of the food shops had queues lined up to purchase fresh produce. We looked longingly at the goodies in the boulangerie and the smell of the rotisseried chooks and...

Saturday 23 July 2011 Last night the neighbours across the way had a Friday night party! It started at around 10pm and I was awake at 5am when the last ones left! Not a good night for me but everyone else slept well! I must be too sensitive I think. We rose early this morning as we had a big day planned. We had pre-booked a canal boat cruise commencing at 2.30pm and we thought we would spend the morning at the Musee d’Orsay gallery. Jane and Paul went ...