Novotel Saint Quentin Golf St-Quentin-en-Yvelines

... sommes repris par une civilisation pas toujours très belle et nos habitudes citadines.







Après 48h de mer calme, à 18,2 noeuds de moyenne (calculer la distance ainsi parcourue par vous- même), 3 livres par personne et quelques bières, nous touchons au port.

What a great flight over from Singapore. Very comfortable and not as long as we thought. We touched down in Paris at 6.30am to a beautiful sunny day. Once through customs we had a little wait for our chaufeur so we indulged in a french coffee and croissant - Oliver was in heaven and had two! A lovely drive through the streets of Paris got us to the apartment we had booked in Abbesses in the Montmatre area of Paris. What a lovely place it was - very large by Paris standards ...

... for breakfast. Enjoyed some of the finest parks you are ever likely to see, Jardin du Luxembourg anyone? Stared at the Eiffel tower from the Trocadero. Arc de Triomphe. Notre Dame. I know you are all going to hate me for the poor attempt at an entry.. but the brain.. she no worky.. Im at an internet cafe in Geneva, we are off to Olten in about 1 hour.. Another entry to come soon.. photos too.. Johnson OUT

... was right outside of the hostel.... there was no going to bed early anyway, so I went. We had a good time and didn't go to bed until late. The atmosphere in Paris is very relaxed - except when fighting for the Metro and there are people playing french music on the buses and trains, kids setting off firecrakers along the river. July 14: Today started out to be a pretty ****** day. It unfotunately, or so I thought, was Bastille day which meant that ...

... onto to carts and were off. The ladies needed to use the washroom and the lineup was huge so we asked the security guards if there was another one beyond the luggage collection area. Salle de Bains is a French Canadian term I think because now in hindsight I would always use it to ask and I got the Quoi? (WHAT?) blank stare from every French person, The signs called say Toillette (pronounced TWA-LET). The french would continue to get better and better as it ...

... passer l'été à Hearst. On va préparer la petite piscine et les balançoires. On va avoir Madeleine, Mariève et Rosabelle. Les trois cousines.....çà va être drôle de voir ces trois petites tounes ensemble. On a parlé à Michel et France à Burlington et Michel commence à travailler de jour, demain. Son "shift" est de 10h à 21h. Donc c'est France et Rosabelle qui vont venir à l'aéroport, comme la dernière fois. Une chance qu'elles ...

... Dame and the Holocaust Memorial....we did so knowing that we had well explored them on an earlier trip. Notre Dame is irresistable to the photographer however, so I did snap a couple front and back. We continued our walk onto Ile St-Louis, had some very late lunch and patted ourselves on the back for a pleasant day well toured.

... out at about 930 to see Paris by lights. Again the Eiffel tower took the cake with its lit and flashing display it was by far was the best 'night time' bit. Back to bed we were excited as the next day we were to collect our car and leave Paris. With some chores in the morning, posting back parcels and last minute windmill sightseeing we soon made our way to Gare de Nord to collect our car. And what a beauty it was. Our Citroën that was brand new was a beauty. It had sensors so ...

... then the rest of his body. I guess he didn't want to pay. We headed to the Louvre Museum (it was free due to it being the first Sunday in the Month.) All of Paris was there before us. Seriously you have no idea how long that line was. The cool. We checked out the Louvre gardens before we headed down the Champs d'Elyses and stopped for lunch at a Bistro because absolutely all food type stores are ...

... know. As you all can tell, I always get a cold when I return to Paris. I was okay in the morning-chatted it away with Mary... and then decided to take a nappy nap before I unpacked and stuff. Bad Idea. I really should have drunken more water than what I did because I woke up with a headache, and a SMALL fever. I drank more water and went back to bed, only waking to do a little laundry, and then come back to switch Murder She Wrote and to ...