The flight fromKL to Paris was long - very long. We both slept a bit but the bottom line is 13 hours couped up in an economy class seat is just not much fun. They did at least feed us.... and feed us and feed us. We got to Paris at about 6:15am, got our luggage and then a bus to Gare Montparnasse (Montparnasse Station). With just a bit o...

We both felt much better after a good nights sleep. We were up and out of the hotel by 9am on the way to our first stop of Notre Dame when I realised that that I left the battery for the camera in the recharger. After a few choice words I ran back to the hotel to get the battery while Fiona went to hunt down some breakfast which turned out to be...

Today we started with a half day tour to Monet's garden in Giverny. We were picked up at the hotel and it took an hour to get there. We wondered through the famous Japenese garden which provided much of the ispiration for Monet's blah blah blah blah....... I think I'm sick of paintings! Personal Note #1 Yama: This was just a little wasted on...

Bonjour tout le monde, Yama has requested some notes of food. We have been walking everywhere, and have noticed that almost every street block has a small boulangerie/patisserie (bakery/cake shop) with a wonderful range of pastries, brioche, baguettes, homemade quiches, and assorted tarts (citron, fraisse, marron). Also, chocolatier shops ar...

What a "GRAND" day we had in Paris. After a quick breakfast (croissant, orange juice and tea) we hopped on the underground to the Opera Garnier to check it out. It was very lavish and in a majestic building. The hall way at one end was very ornate and covered in gold everywhere. From there Fiona wanted to get some patchwork fabric from Par...

The Patchwork Adventure....by Fiona Well, I wasn't really planning to go Patchwork shopping on our holiday, but it was Day 4, we had done all of our 'must do's' and we had a few hours to kill. We tried the Galeries Lafayette first. It's a very large department store, and I thought they might have a 'fabric department'. Level 6 had a small ...