After several false starts thix morning - mostly because we decided we weren't warm enough and needed to revisit our rooms and add some layers - we successfully used the train from West Brompton to Tower Hill so visit the Tower of London. Spent a good couple of hours there visiting the Bloody Tower, White Tower, The Chapel and of course, viewing the Crown Jewels - all very impressive. We caught the end of a Yeoman's tour and it was very informative - and entert...

We knew today would be a big day - we planned to visit the Louvre and see the Mona Lisa, visit Notre Dame Cathedral and then take a Siene night cruise and a bus tour of the major sights of Paris. Very touristy! The best thing about today was the news that I had become a great Aunty again - congratulations to Teneale and David. A real experience was the ride on the Metro - we managed that easily. They are very quick and a good way to get around. The Louvre was im...

Two things to do today - visit the Tour de Eiffel and the Arc De Triomphe - not that we planned either. But in the way we had a ride in carousel - very quaint though Bruce and I chose rocking horses instead of the poled horses. Quite Mary Poppins of us. The lines at the tower were quite small so we decided to climb it rather than come back - we walked to the second stage ( all 670 steps) and then took the lift to the top level. Celebrated with champagne - French ...

17th Singapore - An early morning call (3.15am) to get us up and to the airport to leave at 7am. Left at 7.30 and this was the start of a 14 hour flight. Not much to do and as we were all very tired, we slept on and off, and watched movies or tv shows, and I even played a couple of games to amuse ourselves. Landed at Charles de Gaule airport at 2.15pm, through border security (this was a slow process though they were only checking our passports - the officer was...

Nothing adventurous with our early start and trio to Brisbane - that was good. Stopped over at Judy and Brian's for a break and then our adventure begun - Judy drove us to the airport!! All good though a little disconcerting when we know she has worn glasses for a long time and now she's not. A quick good bye, checked in, through immigration and then wait for a couple of hours. We left on time - 2.40pm and had a good flight - a couple of rough patches but smoo...