We went by a venicular train and cable car up to the Glacier today. The train takes 20 minutes to get to the glacier and 20 minutes to get back. There is a cable car that then takes people to the ice cave and back. The ice cave is at the start of the glacier. Each year the cave is remade as the glacier is shrinking. We walked down for about fifteen minutes to the ice cave. It was a nice walk and well worth the effort. We took the cable car back up to where the t...

We were picked up from Geneva airport for the drive to Chamonix this morning at 9am. An early start as we were about an hour from the airport. The bus trip was nice seeing the change in scenery. Chamonix is really nice. A small town that would be very busy in winter with snow activities. Summer is popular for hiking, mountain biking and sightseeing. We caught a cable car up one of the mountains and then did a 2hr hike across to another cable car that took us bac...

We caught the metro into Paris this morning. We went to the Parthénon first but decided not to actually go inside as we have seen a lot of museums now. Then we walked to the Cite which is an island in the middle of the River Seine joined to the mainland by bridges. It isn't far from with bank of the river. We watched Firefighters snorkeling in the Seine but do not know what they were looking for. After a late morning tea we walked several kms to Bon Marche whi...

We caught the tram to Vincennes Wood this morning which is the largest park in Paris. The went to get on the tram we were told we couldn't get on it. We didn't understand what they were telling us until a man who spoke English told us there was suspicious baggage on board and the tram was bring evacuated. We had to walk another two stops to get another tram. There was a large lake with row boats for hire so we hired one for an hour and took turns rowing around it...

The 3 hour train trip from Amsterdam to Paris went very fast. The train ripped along at 300kph. We managed to negotiate the metro (underground) when we arrived to find our way to our apartment. Apartments in Europe are different to Australia and the U.K. We have adjusted what we considered to be small in the UK as we now have a new standard. Units in Europe are very small. And old. Again we have no overhead lights which seems really strange. We went to the Louv...