We had a sleep in until about 9am, when Rory awoke. It was another beautiful, not-a-cloud-in-the-sky day. We had another boiled egg each as well as the croissant with the same plum and nectarine jam (we will be getting different jam for tomorrow after getting through this after only two days). However, today we would do something. We went out to Collias and canoed eight kilometres down the River Gardon and under the Pont du Gard. It was a fair bit better than...

We woke to a clear, sunny day. Croissants, oeufs and baguettes (still warm) were sitting outside our door. We enjoyed a slow French breakfast (complete with the hostess's home-made fig and apricot jam). Most Stantons then picked up a book and lazed around reading. Kyra visited to local shop for lunch - cheeses, baguettes, pate and amazing fresh fruit. After lunch we picked up our books, with a long lazy afternoon nap the order of the day. For dinner, the ...

Up a little early (7:15am) but the family runs like a well-oiled machine now on travel days. Everyone was showered, packed, breakfasted and downstairs with time to spare. A quick taxi ride to Gare de Lyon and off on the TGV to Nimes. What a great system Europe has with rail travel - how Aust needs to learn. The Stantons were also lucky to travel in First Class to Nimes (woo hoo!). We left Paris where it was a 16 degree drizzly day. We arrived into Nimes to ...

Fri 28th was a slow start for the boys, who were given some respite and Claire wanted Mummy to take her shopping. We thought we would go to the biggest stores in Paris - Galleries Lafayette and Printemps, both of which proved to be rather more pricey than our purses. We ended up only buying 2 tops each, but felt there was more to conquer next time given more days in Paris. Richard and Rory had a late breakfast and caught up on Facebook while Miles headed to th...

Thur 27th started with a Metro ride to Tuileries where we took a bus tour around Paris for an hour or so. While we didn't get to Montmartre we saw most of the sites in and around the Seine and the Left Bank. The tour included a Seine River cruise from the Eiffel Tower to the Ile St Louis and back, and then a visit up to L2 of the Tower. From there we were able to buy tickets to the top. Apart from the relentless queuing (security here is a nightmare with airp...