Day 107, 19 October 2012, Paris. "Le Marche" outside our hotel for quiche and salads, Visit to Musee d'Arts Decoratifs for Van Cleef & Arpels Jewellery Exhibition. Picnic in the Louvre gardens in the rain, Visit to the dead centre of town - We're coming to the end of our time in Paris and today was a day for tidying up loose ends. James was ensconced in an internet cafe working on the photos for the blog and I went to see the most amazing exhibition of ha...

Day 106, 18 October 2012, Musee de l'Orangerie, Musee d'Orsay, Notre Dame Cathedral, Montparnasse Tower - Paris - she continues. If it is physically possible to drown in fine art then we are on the precipice of doing so. We started the day at Musee de l'Orangerie on the banks of the Seine and just inside the Tuileries Gardens. As might be inferred from the name, this building gave winter shelter to the Tuileries orange trees back in 1852. It now houses aroun...

Day 105, 17 October 2012, Opera Garnier, Montmartre, Espace Dali, Moulon Rouge - "THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA IS HERE...." in box 5 actually. And it's a water tank, not a lake.... but it was originally a natural reservoir... so close enough. And thus, Day 3 of the Paris Pass extravaganza commences. We looked out the window over a black coffee and a chocolate croissant from the boulangerie next door and noticed, in passing, that the greyness had decided to turn i...

Day 104, 16 October 2012, Saint-Chapelle, O Chateau, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysees (Second day of six day Paris Pass extravaganza) - We were both moving vewry, vewry, slowly (I think I'm quoting Elmer Fudd there.) A good solid 8 eights of dead to the world sleep had been achieved however so we saddled up and left the hotel. Always a good start. There was a local market literally on our doorstep this morning, seafood, fruit and vege,...

Day 103, 15 October 2012, The Paris Pass - she begins - Louvre, Paris Story, Fragonard Perfume Museum, Grevin Wax Museum, Arcades, Seine Cruise & Eiffel Tower - We purchased a six day Paris Pass about 6 months ago when we were still in Sydney. The challenge is to use it to see as much of Paris as we can whilst ensuring we get at least €60 per day value from the passes. Here goes. First off we went to the Louvre and spent about 5 hours absorbing gallery a...