Had a leisurely morning, left the kids to sleep in while Shirley and I had some breakfast in a sidewalk cafe soaking up Paris. Today was Lourve day, which having done it is more akin to a day in Ikea as far as your legs and feet are concerned. Shirley made it all the way in through the queues only to bail, opting to stroll the streets of Paris and as I found out later, slipped in a little shopping along the way :/Regardless, the kids and I were determined to see ...

We finally arrived in Paris, made our way to the apartment, left 3 voicemail messages and a SMS to our contact who doesn't show! It's 10:30 at night, we're exhausted after being a plane for nearly on 20 hrs and we have nowhere to sleep - Welcome to Paris. Deployed the iPad, got the credit card out and asked google to find a hotel nearby which we did on the 4th try. Being summer holidays here almost everything is full. All is good again :)  After a ...