Decided to walk to the best Metro line to get us direct to the Louvre, so we grabbed breakfast at a cafe on the way. Well, I had breakfast (a croissant and a cafe au lait). Manaen ordered an early lunch, although it was about 11:30 when we got there. We thought it was some type of beef dip, because it read boeuf au jus. Took what seemed like a LONG time to come out... my coffee and croissant were long gone by the time Manaen's order arrived. We guessed afterwards...

Day 7 - Wednesday April 15th, 2009 Woke up with a bit of a sore throat, and a very sore back. Decided to take it easy this morning, but still ended up out of the house around 10:30am, which was earlier than the day before. Gorgeous and sunny, we had breakfast on the patio of the café across the street. The Café au Lait's here are to die for and I was a happy camper. We ordered ham & cheese omelets. To our surprise the waiter brought these huge plates wi...

Blog for Day 6 - Tuesday April 14th, 2009 We seem unable to get out of bed early, but were on the street yesterday at about 11:30am. Stopped at a Patisserie in the Marais for two croissants to go and set off in search of Paris' bike borrowing/rental system - Velib. What a great system. 1 Euro for a 1 day pass, 5 Euro for a week. Then when you take a bike from the automated system, it tracks the amount of time you use the bike until it is deposited at another sta...

Bonjour, Writing from our little Parisian apartment in the Marais. Got in late this afternoon around 4pm. Took a taxi from Gare du Nord and met Laurence who was going to get us settled in the apartment for the owner, as he is out of town today. Got the papers all handled and we started to unpack. For some reason, we were both unsatisfied until we adjusted but found a great supermarket up the street to purchase supplies and started to feel more like this was our ...

Day 4 - Tower of London, Afternoon Tea and Hyde Park Woke up at 9am - oops! We miscommunicated on the alarm time - were hoping to get up earlier to get a head start on the day. Lots to do!! In the UK all the big stores are closed on Easter Sunday so we set aside today for the Tower of London, Hyde Park and Afternoon Tea. Because of engineering works going on, our Nothern Line trains don't stop at Kings Cross, so we are having to transfer a often and plan our tr...