From Donna & Clyde: On Friday, we walked over to Notre Dame and climbed the 422 steps to the top of the tower (as counted by Toby and confirmed by Google, although there does seem to be some discrepancies). We then decided it was time for a rest and used our "hop-on-hop-off" bus passes to have a look around the city. After lunch, we headed over to the Louvre and spent 3-4 hours having a more detailed look round with the new Nintendo 3DS audio guides, which ...

From Donna and Clyde: We spent our first full day in Paris yesterday making the most of our Metro passes and travelling far and wide to take in the sites while trying to beat the rain. We started out with a stroll through Jardin des Tulleries and the Champs Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe. After that, we headed to the "new" part of Paris, La Defense to see the Grande Arche de La Defense. We then headed back over to the old part of town to Montmartre where we i...

From Donna & Clyde: We left Rome last night and travelled to Paris via Milan on an overnight train. Molly and Toby enjoyed their first trip in a sleeper carriage and arrived in Paris refreshed after a good night's sleep. Stepping out into Paris was a shock to the system after our first relatively warm/mild week in Beijing and Rome because it was VERY cold. We dropped our gear at our apartment, which is in a prime spot straight across the road from the Lour...