Travels are over!
Flights on Malaysian Airlines were ok but considering we were Business Class I would have expected better food and the last flight out of KL had last months movies and not the ones as advertised.
Last day in Paris was fun with Soph mostly shopping will try to upload the rest of the photo's otherwise you will just have to looki at FB
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Friday, 7 October 2011
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Paris
Have had a great few days in Paris but again unbelievably hot!! Met up with Erika from Switzerland and also Clem and Sandra from Melbourne had a great dinner with them last night and again lost of laughs.
Luxenbourg Gardens yesterday, Notre Dame, Le Marais and general walk around as everything in Paris on Sundays is closed except le Marais.
Today we started with shopping in Saint Germain des Pres - new handbag and a couple of other little specialities!!! Then some lunch and off to meet our friends from Sophies soccer team at The Eiffel Tower - went to the summit on this glorious sunny day. Then off to dinner on Isle St Louis.
At te summit Sophie got out her jacket she wore when she was three on top of The Tower and we recreated the same photo - very funny! and a very tight fit!!
Sophie and I have now said good-bye to all our friends as they all leave Paris tomorrow and we have to day together - we need to but a suitcase!!!!
Then the flight home on Wednesday
Au Revior
Luxenbourg Gardens yesterday, Notre Dame, Le Marais and general walk around as everything in Paris on Sundays is closed except le Marais.
Today we started with shopping in Saint Germain des Pres - new handbag and a couple of other little specialities!!! Then some lunch and off to meet our friends from Sophies soccer team at The Eiffel Tower - went to the summit on this glorious sunny day. Then off to dinner on Isle St Louis.
At te summit Sophie got out her jacket she wore when she was three on top of The Tower and we recreated the same photo - very funny! and a very tight fit!!
Sophie and I have now said good-bye to all our friends as they all leave Paris tomorrow and we have to day together - we need to but a suitcase!!!!
Then the flight home on Wednesday
Au Revior
Sunday, 2 October 2011
London to Paris 1st October
Another slow start but we did make breakfast agaiin. Then off to Shakespeares Globe theatre (we could not do the tour yesterday) Very interesting tour.
Then to the serious event of the day - Tube back to Oxford street for shopping - got lots of stuff and had a very fast and furious spend.
Check out of the hotel at 4pm and off the St Pancras Station for the Eurostar to Paris. What a painless way to travel it was great the only holdup was in Paris there were hardly any taxi's at the station when we finally got one we noticed that the whole front of the station (we were on the side) was cordoned off by Police or military (hard to tell the difference in Europe) and something was happening - anyway out of there and over to Saint Germain des Pres to our apartment - very nice.
Sandra and Clem our friends from Anglesea and Erika my friend from Switzerland arrived and we had a little drinky poo welcome to Paris. Bed at midnight and ready for our Sunday in Paris.
Last night was:-
Nuit Blanche (White Night) in Paris
First launched in 2002, Paris Nuit Blanche (White Night) has become a hotly-anticipated annual celebration of all things art and culture in the city of light. Attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, Nuit Blanche sees countless Paris galleries, museums, city halls, and even swimming pools open their doors all night to visitors-- with free entry. Elaborate light installations, edgy performances, concerts, and unclassifiable happenings of all sorts await.
But we did not see much of it - but Paris was certainly hopping last night!
Paris shops close on a Sunday (Oh no) but luckily the Jewish quarter Le Marais is open so it is off to the right bank for us today we may throw in a little culture as well - oh and some clothes washing!!
Have to load photo's on Facebook again a they will not upload properly here
Au Revoir!!
Then to the serious event of the day - Tube back to Oxford street for shopping - got lots of stuff and had a very fast and furious spend.
Check out of the hotel at 4pm and off the St Pancras Station for the Eurostar to Paris. What a painless way to travel it was great the only holdup was in Paris there were hardly any taxi's at the station when we finally got one we noticed that the whole front of the station (we were on the side) was cordoned off by Police or military (hard to tell the difference in Europe) and something was happening - anyway out of there and over to Saint Germain des Pres to our apartment - very nice.
Sandra and Clem our friends from Anglesea and Erika my friend from Switzerland arrived and we had a little drinky poo welcome to Paris. Bed at midnight and ready for our Sunday in Paris.
Last night was:-
Nuit Blanche (White Night) in Paris
First launched in 2002, Paris Nuit Blanche (White Night) has become a hotly-anticipated annual celebration of all things art and culture in the city of light. Attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, Nuit Blanche sees countless Paris galleries, museums, city halls, and even swimming pools open their doors all night to visitors-- with free entry. Elaborate light installations, edgy performances, concerts, and unclassifiable happenings of all sorts await.
But we did not see much of it - but Paris was certainly hopping last night!
Paris shops close on a Sunday (Oh no) but luckily the Jewish quarter Le Marais is open so it is off to the right bank for us today we may throw in a little culture as well - oh and some clothes washing!!
Have to load photo's on Facebook again a they will not upload properly here
Au Revoir!!
Saturday, 1 October 2011
Friday 30th Sept :ondon Day Three
This morning ot was straight off to see Lizzie (or at least where she lives) at Buckingham Palace. We got to go insed the Palace as the Summer visiting still has three days to go and I got the tickets before we left Australian s ot was staright in and no queues.
The trip took about 2 hours and ws worth every minuute we went to all the state rooms saw heaps as well as Catherines wedding dress and info on how it was made it was spectacular!
Then we went off to St Pauls Cathedral but with an entry fee of 18 pound plus about 14 for Sophie we had a sneaky look in fronm the ticket office and then left.
I forgot to emntion is is again over 30degrees and we are very hot!
From ST Pauls we went over the Millenium Bridge over the River Thames and then to The Tate Modern Museum of modern art some weird and some cool stuff.
Grom their to Shakespears Globe Theatre and then to Oxford Circus on the Tube and a walk down the entire length of Regent Street. With a stop at the wonderful Liberty Department Store. Bought a few goodies for Sophie and then ended up at Shaftsbury STreet where Sophie wanted to go to some weird shop called Forbidden PLanet where she picked up some Doctor Who "stuff"
Then to Neals Land and into Neals Yard - see the pics on Facebook of the colourful little street of shops.
Dinner at another restaurant in Covent Garden before hobbling to a London Taxi for the trip back to the hotel.
But a great day
The trip took about 2 hours and ws worth every minuute we went to all the state rooms saw heaps as well as Catherines wedding dress and info on how it was made it was spectacular!
Then we went off to St Pauls Cathedral but with an entry fee of 18 pound plus about 14 for Sophie we had a sneaky look in fronm the ticket office and then left.
I forgot to emntion is is again over 30degrees and we are very hot!
From ST Pauls we went over the Millenium Bridge over the River Thames and then to The Tate Modern Museum of modern art some weird and some cool stuff.
Grom their to Shakespears Globe Theatre and then to Oxford Circus on the Tube and a walk down the entire length of Regent Street. With a stop at the wonderful Liberty Department Store. Bought a few goodies for Sophie and then ended up at Shaftsbury STreet where Sophie wanted to go to some weird shop called Forbidden PLanet where she picked up some Doctor Who "stuff"
Then to Neals Land and into Neals Yard - see the pics on Facebook of the colourful little street of shops.
Dinner at another restaurant in Covent Garden before hobbling to a London Taxi for the trip back to the hotel.
But a great day
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