Today I just spent some time with my family. No travelling around today!

I was up early again. I could hardly sleep as I was worried i'd miss my train this morning. I made it well in advance. Better early than 1 second too late!I did not eat breakfast or even have my morning coffee! That was a first. I assumed I'd be having that on the train. I was deeply disappointed. The train looked like it was from the 50's or 60's. The seats were big, and well worn. There were no meal trays either, so you guessed it, no breakfa...

This is my last full day in Paris. It began with a visit to the catacombs. In the guide book, this was described as an eerie place yet fascinating. They removed thousands upon thousands of human remains from graveyards and piled them deep below the city. It was hard to imagine this and I needed to see it for myself. We arrived in good time. It was suppose to open at 10 and the line up was already nearly a block long at ten to ten. We purchased our tickets and m...

The weather was much cooler today but I think all this site seeing has taken it's toll on me. I feel very tired. We decided to go to the Orsay Museum as it was suggested by the tour guide on Monday. The line up was so long but moving fairly quickly. We walked through the museum, but I found it difficult to enjoy the pieces of artwork with so many crowding around. Some of my favourites were the Monet and Renoir collections. When we returned to the lobby were...

I woke up this morning to the sound of duelling car horns. One horn would sound, in retaliation the other horn would blare. Back and forth a dozen times then I think the battle was won by the first one as he must have been pressing it for a minute straight. Needless to say, after that fiasco, I was wide awake. We visited a flea market close by and a local grocery store. We made our way back to the hostel and prepared a fresh bagette with deli meat and cheese. It...