Not such a good day today...I had my wallet stolen by a pickpocket. We had decided to travel to Versailles by train and bought tickets at Gare du Nord to travel via the RER B to Saint Michel - Notre Dame where we would change trains to the RER C. When we boarded, it was already fairly crowded but suddenly there was a big rush and people kept pushing on behind us. I was initially pushed away from Gail and Chelsea but somehow managed to edge closer to them. We f...

We bought a carnet of 10 billets (a book of 10 tickets) from Gare de L'Est and took a number 32 bus to Trocadero. From there, we walked through the Palais de Chaillot and were greeted with a magnificent view of the Eiffel Tower which was our main destination for today. We continued down through the Trocadero Gardens and across the Pont de Lena to join an already lengthy queue for tickets. Fortunately it moved reasonably quickly and soon we were enjoying f...

We decided to spend the day getting our bearings, so we started off on foot along the Boulevard de Strasbourg until we reached the Seine and Notre Dame where there was already a huge queue of tourists. We stopped for breakfast at the Cafe Le Petit Pont and walked through part of the Latin Quarter before heading along the river towards the Louvre.On way, we stopped at the small footbridge Pont des Arts which was covered in padlocks as is the current craze here. ...

We all managed a bit of sleep on the way to Dubai and also took in some movies. We landed just before 6am local time but the aircraft parked a long way from the terminal and we boarded shuttle buses which took us on a ride for at least 20 minutes before we reached the terminal. By the time we found our way out and made it through a ridiculously slow border control queue it was 7am. We had a 9 hr layover before the next flight so had organised a 4 hour tour with ...

We're on Emirates EK75 for the trip to Paris, another A380-800 Rego A6-EDR. This one's a little older and doesn't have the big crew cabin in the middle at the back. We're in the same back seats as before but this time we can see across to the starboard side.We landed in Paris Charles De Gaulle at 8pm after the 7 hour flight from Dubai, queued through border security, collected our bags and passed straight through customs. It was fairly easy to fo...