This morning Esther and set out to explore Marches aux Puces - the very large, expansive markets of Montmartre. We managed to trawl through about 100 counterfeit shoe/hoody/t-shirt stalls to find the good stuff - the flea markets! There we happily browsed for treasures through others' trash while I munched on a crepe with lemon & sugar from a nearby stall. It was yet another beautiful, warm, sunshiney day in Paris, & we stopped to soak up the sun at one...

So I had a chat with the wilderbeest last night, & he's actually quite nice really…for a wilderbeest! :P He's actually a sweet, rather nerdy computer programmer from Toronto, who (thankfully for us) is leaving Paris today!! :D Less snoring last night…although perhaps that's just because I had "spring rain" on max volume…haha Yesterday morning Esther & I made an early start out to the Sacre Coeur, which is just a short walk away from o...

OK, we have un petit problem! Last night Esther & had the pleasure of meeting our room mates at 1:00AM when they came home from a big night out & we discovered that one of them snores like a tractor…or a wounded wildebeest…sort of a combination of the 2! We had a brief pow wow at 2:30AM & considered muffling him with a pillow or sticking something up his nose before deciding to go for the more non-violent route of earplugs. Being an eternally tr...

Today was our final morning in Blois, which we spent strolling through the village picking up supplies for lunch from the supermarche (thank god for google maps or we may never have found it…my comprehension of French directions is still not quite up to scratch!) & perusing shops in small, winding, cobblestoned streets. Our lovely host bit us farewell & asked us earnestly in broken English if we had enjoyed Blois and enjoyed our stay and enjoyed the h...

Bon soir mes amies! :) Today has been yet another beautiful day in France, with lots of sunshine & warmth. Esther & began our day in true French style with complimentary croissants et baguettes et jus d'orange from the lovely hotel man here at Hotel de Renaissance. We then set out to see the countryside of the Loire valley, renowned for it's huge chateaux that exemplify the extravagance of the French aristocracy prior to the revolution. In French there ...