Thursday 21st July We decided this morning that we were going to have lunch out and then dinner in. We had an idea that we would head north on our Metro and we got off at Marcadet Poissonniers. We were looking for a La Poste shop and walked south towards the Gare du Nord. Along the way we encountered shop after shop selling cell phones and computer shops. It was very strange that there was nothing else but these shops. We stopped for coffee and Guide Jannie kept...

Wednesday 20th July We had to get up early this morning as we had to get across town to the Fat Tyre Bike Company’s offices to hook up with our bike trip to Versailles. Two trains and we caught the first one at 8.00am and couldn’t believe that there were hardly any people on board. No problems finding the offices and we were early and it wasn’t long before the other 18 people arrived. Jannie had to try out a bike for size and then they told us that we didn...

Tuesday 19th July Last night after we got home from dinner we did some washing. We have a front loader machine that also dries the wash if you want it to. We didn’t so just put it on to wash. Now Vincente told us that when it spins it makes a bit of a noise – that was an understatement. As the washer is in an annex off our bedroom – no doors or anything – you certainly couldn’t put a wash on and go to bed – THE RACKET!! But about the time we went t...

Monday 18 July 2011 Well Nanny it's not often I get told off for not saying anything - so well done for whatever you wanted me to say you did well with whoever you did it to or were the recipient of! I don't think I did the blog the day in question anyway. WHAT A LOAD OF RUBBISH! (J) It was good to finally catch up with you Nanny - we are looking forward to seeing you in September. Hi Stuey lovely to hear from you its good that you are keeping tracks on us. I ...

Sunday 17 July 2011 Hey Stu - good to hear from you. Glad you didnt major in geography or you would have failed miserably! Cambridge is East of London - Oxford is West and is between Bath and Stratford and we didnt go there! Have the antibiotics kicked in yet or is that the p;roblem? Give our love to all the sickees - sorry to hear you have all been sick. We are very well thanks! To continue... It's hard to believe we have come to the end of our UK experienc...