We're on Emirates EK75 for the trip to Paris, another A380-800 Rego A6-EDR. This one's a little older and doesn't have the big crew cabin in the middle at the back. We're in the same back seats as before but this time we can see across to the starboard side.We landed in Paris Charles De Gaulle at 8pm after the 7 hour flight from Dubai, queued through border security, collected our bags and passed straight through customs. It was fairly easy to fo...

We were booked for 9:30 to go up the Eiffel Tower to the second floor. Luckily, we could buy extra tickets to get right tot he top. It was freezing cold and too foggy to see much of the view but it was still worth it. It was very crowded up there and took ages to get back down so we were a bit late for the bus. After that was a bit more time for shopping before we paid a visit to the Palace of Versailles. Unfortunately, the garden was closed because of the sn...

This morning we reached Paris. Around 2:30 we did a quick tour of The Louvre where we saw the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo. Then we had some time have a walk around the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs Élysées. Later we were dropped off in the Latin Quarter where we chose a little restaurant for dinner. That was followed by a great cruise on the Seine featuring magnificent views of the Eiffel Tower at night. The Seine was in flood at the time and we were l...

Today was a fairly long day driving to Lyon. We stopped at Cannes to visit the famous markets but once again they were closed...not having much luck in this regard. We did get to see where the film festival is held and had a snack at Macca's where we were intrigued to find that you needed to purchase something and get a code off the receipt before you could use the toilets! On the way we stopped at Avignon and went for a stroll up the Main Street. It was ...

First we drove up to a lookout overlooking Nice Harbour and exchanged or secret Santa presents across the tour group. Calvin and Francesco both dressed up in Santa outfits. Then we drove to Monaco for Christmas lunch at a nice little cafe. The chicken was ok but still not what we expected for Christmas. Afterwards, we went to the Monte Carlo Casino where we played the pokies. That evening we walked around Nice for a while and ate pizza from a little takeawa...