Tuesday Paris Got up early this morning as on a mission to get to Notre Dame before the crowds. Two changes of Metro and were there by 9 am. No queue so we were able to see the first 30 min without too many tourists. Notre Dame is really amazing, built in the 13th century it has been famous over the centuries for sacred music and worship. The stained glass windows were fantastic, particularly the Rose windows. By the time we had walked around for an hour o...

Monday in Paris Ok, this was going to be a fairly easy going day, hop on hop off bus with not much walking. Yeah right!!! We started off under Jan’s expert Metro guidance and ended up changing trains 3 times before we got to the place we thought we wanted to go!! Kevin had the bookings for the 2 day hop on bus, but we couldn’t find a b us stop right off, and ended up walking around Notre Dame 3 times. Finally jumped on and settle down for the green tour,...

Sunday in Paris Today we set off after a late breakfast for a market in the 7th Arrondissement South of the Seine. Arrived about 11 am to a much improved day. Loads of Parisians sitting out having petite dejeuner. Charming little street with boulangerie, fromargerie, boucherie, patisserie, greengrocer (don’t know the French for that) etc. etc. We bought some mini donuts filled with caramel, lemon curd, chocolate etc. for a snack then walked down towards the...

Friday Not much to report today – we have moved to another country!! Had an early breakfast then checked out by 9 am. Taxi waiting to take us to St Pancras – still had some money left on our Oyster card, but I decided the taxi would be the less stressful option @ 20 pound. The whole Eurostar operation is very efficient and operates from the fabulously renovated station. Checked in thru passport control and then sat with the hundreds waiting to go to eith...

ThursdayLast full day in London. Another leisurely breakfast in the crowded restaurant, tho this time we did have a little bit more room around our table. (Perhaps we smelt!!) I wanted to go to the Borough market - which is only operating in full on Thursdays - Sat. So we set off on our underground route and found our way no problem. The market was just getting underway and we had a relatively walk around for a while. It was a little frustrating not being able to...