Today was a travelling day, as I made my way from Paris to London via the Eurostar high-speed train. I left my hotel about 9:30am and headed for Gare Du Nord, one of the large train stations that service the regional and international lines. It was very busy, which I suspect is the normal state of affairs, and I looked around for the Eurostar terminal. Fortunately there were big signs that directed people to the UK Hall, which is a special upstairs section that ...

Today was set to be dominated by my visit to the Louvre and it was just that. So much so that I was unable to proceed afterwards to visit the Cathedral de Notre Dame, so I shall save that for next time. My feet decided to join my calves in complaining, so I took several opportunities in the museum to rest them. Having bought my ticket online last night, I proceeded this morning to the FNAC store down the street to print it out. I then headed through a different ...

My first full day in Paris and I decided to hit the streets. I set myself a target of six hours wandering around, which came in handy as the day went on. I started out from the hotel at about 8:00 am, picked a road that went in the rough direction of the river and started walking. The narrowness of many of the streets means that most of them are only one-way, so that made it easier to cross the streets as needed. At that time on a Sunday, though, many places wer...

After talking about it over and over and sorting through possible options, I finally boarded an Etihad flight yesterday bound for Paris via Abu Dhabi. This marks the first steps on a trip that I am hoping will give me the impetus for many more in the future. The flight from Perth to Abu Dhabi went well with a few spots of turbulence. The flight was completely booked out, so I wound up sitting next to a very nice elderly gentleman from Bunbury, who was heading ba...