Today was a wonderful day! I started off with a Skype to Camille, then set off to Oxford Street for some shopping and to find one of the most delicious cupcake shops! I had a chocolate and cheesecake cupcake. YUM!! (To say the least) Next was a train to Covent Garden. This was a bad idea. I should have just walked as the Covent Garden train station has two exits. A lift or 400 steps... I took the steps... At least the Covent Garden Markets were beautiful and I ...

Skype home, croissant and pain au chocolat for breakfast, wait ages by Norte dame for bus, skips musee d'orssay, get off at galleries Lafayette, walking, choc shop closed, bus to near louvre, lunch - burger, shopping, cupcake, leave appt, train to gare du nord

Breezy morning: started with a (long) Skype back home to my family, then went out for a traditional French breakfast. Quiossant, juice and a coffee. This was done en route to Notre Dame :) I was in awe and fascinated by this magnificent historic building. Ever since seeing the movie the hunchback of Notre Dame, I've wanted to visit this place - it didn't let me down. The next stage of this freezing cold day was spent on the upper level of an open tour bus. Free...

Want to freak an English girl out in the morning? Immerse her in a foreign country with a foreign language. That ought to do it! At least it did for me! This has been my first experience of being somewhere where English has not been the first language and communication is difficult. The few phrases I kept in my head were "parlez vous anglais?" And "je nais comprend pas". That aside, the Eurostar ride was pleasant, slept for half of it since I was up at 5am and ...

I took today to Causally wonder around Wimbledon. This suburb has a gorgeous little village, which had a brilliant Christmassy feeling today, and a town that has a whole load of shops! I was pretty surprised to find there were the amount of shops here as you would never get that in New Zealand.