Today was just a quiet day getting ready to go to Edinburgh tomorrow.

This morning was just a mad rush to find a hostel in London for the next three nights. I was talking to dad on skype at the same time so I booked one that didn't look all that good but was available. But then kept searching and found one that looked better so I cancelled the other one and I'm now staying at a hostel on the Southbank just near the London Eye. So hopefully it will be alright and I'll meet a few other travellers and will be able to go out and have a...

Today because the weather was actually ok today I did the boat trip along the Seine. It was really nice. The whole thing lasted about an hour and wen from Pont de l'Alma up past Notre Dame a bit and then back the other way past the moorings, to the Eifel Tower and then back. The whole thing was narrated in about 5 different languages including English and Japanese. For the English guide the guy always said port and starboard and for where things were. But I coul...

Today I was planning on doing the boat trip along the Seine, but the weather ended up being crap so I started planning for going to London this weekend. Yeah, I just sort of decided it would be fun. I've pretty much done everything that I wanted to in Paris and I've still got a week left so I thought I may as well go and see London. I booked the train ticket tonight and I leave at about 2pm Friday and I get back to Paris at about 11:30pm on Monday. And then on We...

Today was actually a lot of fun. I woke up at about 10:30 which I've found is about the perfect time to wake up here. People are just starting to come online on facebook and skype and well I just like to sleep in :) But spoke to dad for a while on skype, had a big bowl of chocolate cereal and then went to the Louvre, you know your normal things. The Louvre was actually really cool. I was planning on doing the STMLAG (See the Mona Lisa and go) method, but I end...