FULL TOURIST MODE Our last full day in Paris. We made the most of it with another day of epic trekking, but we saw heaps more stuff today. Started in the morning with a couple of hours checking out the exhibits in the Louvre. I now know that if anyone ever asks me "hey guy, how big is the Louvre?" the correct answer is "holy sh!tballs, Batman". We saw a bunch of awesome old stuff, mostly Egyptian, Greek and Roman artefacts as well as the obligatory Italian oil ...

TEN THINGS I'VE LEARNT IN PARIS 10. STEREOTYPING - Western tourists are immediately presumed to be American (as in USA). Nell and I were given sugar sachets with our orange juice at a cafe, you know, just in case we wanted to sweeten our juice-drinking experience. We gave the waiter a clear look of 'WTF?'. He was then surprised to find out that we are Aussies. 9. TRANSLATION - This wasn't too bad, but there were quite a few humorous written translations around ...

ON TOUR We did our first bit of guided touring with TopDeck tonight, starting at Montmartre to check out the view. Nell and I also found a grouse little restaurant for dinner near the top of the hill where we somehow managed to order and finish our meals within the 45 minutes required before rejoining the tour group. I had an awesome lamb shank. After that we did a bus tour to check out the city lights of Paris, taking in all of the touristy spots, which was pr...

HOTEL DOWNGRADE So I thought that Green Rooms were supposed to be classy? Bonjour 2-star accommodation! I guess if your walls are the same colour as mould they don't need to be cleaned so often... Nell is all tuckered out and is having a nap in our baby-poo / zombie-vomit inspired hotel room in the Port D'Italie area of Paris. We meet up with fellow punters on the TopDeck tour later in the arvo, down at the hotel bar. I also see that the pies had a solid win ...

PARISIAN TREKKING Our last day staying in the classy Madeleine area of Paris was spent wandering the streets, looking in some shops, and trekking to the nearby Louvre and gardens. I bought a Paris-inspired fridge magnet that doubles as a bottle opener for 4€. Grouse. We also added a padlock (with our names engraved on it) to the Pont des Arts bridge (right near the Louvre). There's about a billion diferent padlocks with couples' names on it there, but ours is...