We are in France...AGAIN and along the French Riviera! The scenery was just beautiful. In the way to the Hotel we stopped at a French Perfume Factory. Very interesting place. This is one of the locations that real perfume is made. Even Chanel and all those other brand name perfumes buy their flowers etc from this company. We were taken through the factory and told about the process etc. We then went through their shop of course and did not escape without some new...

Phew! It's been a big few days! We left Paris and head to Kriens which is just outside of Lucerne, which is in Switzerland! Look at how my Geography is improving already! Lucerne is one of my favourite places so far! It was absolutely beautiful. We arrived on the 23rd Dec, had a lovely dinner and crashed in our super cosy beds......still struggling with that personal space issue. Christmas Eve morning kicked off with a cable ride up Mt Pilatus. The views were spe...

It's my birthday today, in Paris, invade you didn't catch that :) Today the Contiki group had a free day to see and do what they wanted to in Paris. Firstly they were off to go to the top of the Eiffel Tower. We went to the Tower with them but we headed off in our own direction, and braving the elements, to find Princess Diana's Memorial. Again I'm amazed at how we just seem to know where things are! Last night we looked at three different maps and ended up givi...

This morning after a hearty breakfast we headed back to our Metro Station and onto the line to Notre Dame! I have to say I think I've finally gotten my Metro legs. I don't go ass up when it starts or stops anymore! We can even work out how to change lines and find stops closer to our point of interest so we don't have to walk for hours anymore! Very handy! Notre Dame was just breathtaking! I've never seen anything so beautiful! I've probably said that about every...

Day 3 in Paris: Ok I have a confession to make! Today we crashed! After our late night (poor old things) we managed to make it up for breakfast and then went back to bed! I know! We are in Paris and we slept. What the? The rest of the day we just chilled and relaxed not doing very much at all. Tomorrow we head off to explore Notre Dame and hopefully back to the Eiffel Tower before meeting our Contiki group sometime in the afternoon. It's almost 9pm already so be...