Terminus Nord Hotel Paris

... was coming down with a cold, and part of the museum time he dozed off while Alicia explored some more. It is a massive building which could take someone with higher energy levels and attention span more than a day to get through. We were happy with a couple of hours and went back for a nap at our hotel.<br><br>After dinner and just getting ready for bed we received a call after 10pm from a Melbourne-bred Moulin Rouge dancer offering ...

... James and my mum were starting to feel the effects of the early morning and the travelling (nothing to do with the beer then?!) and returned to the hotel to rest before the evening. However, Ed and I were still raring to go and on a Parisian high, so took a very long walk along the Seine towards la Tour Eiffel. The beer was starting to run through me at this point, but luckily a green portaloo appeared on the river's banks. I was gratefully using its ...

... but didn't so we gathered with others and played ******** for hours and then just chatted until wayy past 1am haha great night. Best part was the jaegermeister+redbull=jaegerbomb!! MAte bout me one cos he reckons its gonna fix my sore throat...yeahh right!! actually it worked...woke up in the morning and felt great!! Met a great english girl who lives in London. We gathered for brekky Sat morning and then headed off shopping in the elite and expensive ...

Day 1.0 San Francisc --&gt; Paris --&gt; Monteux --&gt; Lyon à Paris I just love to people watch, there are so many interesting characters and personalities. With this trip, I find out Paris international airport is like the prime location. It's Paris, it's the central hub for traveling, so you end up have a good mixture of people from all walks of life, all sorts of culture, and all sorts of personality. When I arrived at CDG airport waiting to change flight ...

... I already knew I liked this) but hot mulled wine is amazing! I've actually surprised myself at how proficient I can be in the kitchen ... I have been eating lots of baguette sandwiches with ham or chicken, but I've actually been steaming vegetables (the vegetable markets are irresistable here) and making pasta, but the proper way with tomato paste and sauce and spices (not just throwing the stuff from the jar on top of the noodles). I ...

... it was very nice. It was raining in the city so we had to walk around in that, but still very nice. We woke up this morning and spent some more time in the city, wewent in the cathedral which is amaing and has the most beautiful stained glass windows and then headed back to Paris. We leave for Brussels tomorrow via Luxembourg City. More later.... R

... praise the French rail staff enough) and then they made sure the driver knew where we were going. We did get a wonderful tour of Paris between St Lazare and the Gare de Lyon, but at this stage I should warn all intending disabled travellers in Paris - avoid the Gare de Lyon at all costs! We spent more time there trying to find a lift than we did actually getting to our destination at Noisiel. We did ...

... He started off with paintings then went through the development of his cubist style all the while also developing a special collage technique and then started sculpting too in his later years. There's so much stuff he did that I believe there is another museum in Barcelona with his works and there's plenty more in art museums around the world. Then it was the Lourve. There is to much to do in the Lourve for a mere mortals like ourselves to sincerley take in in 8 ...

... postcard book as a souvenir. We later scoured the Latin Quarter neighbourhoods for reasonably priced food. We were at the point you get to when you haven't eaten much more than espresso, pastry, and multivitamin juice all day and you're so hungry you can't pick anything to eat. We passed up the 25&euro;/pp meals for some bread, fancy french desserts, quiche, gouda with cumin in it and wine for a picnic.

... there sharpish as we would soon be docking. This message had the desired effect and scrabbling noises from cabins all around us began as soon as the speakers fell silent.<br><br>The pounds paid to hours of sleep ratio was worryingly high for staying in the cabin but it felt worth it just to have a shower. Reassuringly, when we went up for breakfast I saw the pitiful souls who had the spent the night sat bolt-upright in 'reclining' chairs. Breakfast consisted of a 'Best of British full ...