My last day in Paris. Sad Face. I checked out of my hotel early this morning so I could finish seeing a few of the sights. I got on the metro and caught the train to Invalides so I could see the tomb of Napoleon. It was pretty spectacular, he was in his own crypt in a basilica. The tomb itself is more like a sarcophagus, made out of red stone. It was as big as those used by the ancient Egyptians. At the entrance to the crypt stood two huge black statues a...

I made myself have an early start this morning, all the screwing around yesterday on the Versailles excursion had cost me dearly for time. I headed out at about 8am to go and see the Eiffel tower. I got off the metro and walked down the Champ de Mars and there it was, with a Visite Australia sign on the building next to it. The irony. I walked right up to it and stood right under the tower, it was bitterly cold even though I had my big quilt coat on! I sto...

What a fiasco today has turned out to be! I attempted to get the train to Versailles today, only to find that the main commuter line going out that way was out of service. I could still go, but I would have to use a regional train, whose line was not on the metro map, to get out there. Now that sounds easy enough, but when your one of hundreds of tourists who has no idea what to do, asking someone at the information counter, who is alre...

I had a much needed sleep in this morning, I woke up around 7am and thought, b***** that, and went back to bed and got up at 10am. I then headed off to the Montmarte district for the day as there were quite a few things there I wanted to see there. I started off by heading up the hill to Sacre Coer. The way up was through a narrow street and you could only just see the magnificent white church as you climbed the hill. Once I was inside the grounds, several ...

My feet have never been this sore in my life! I've walked everywhere today! I started today by walking back down to Notre Dame, this time crossing the river and going inside the magnificent church. It was silent inside and the atmosphere was spine tingling. The rose window was immense and it was so colourful. There were stained glass windows everywhere. The whole place was so overwhelming, I had to sit down in a pew and just admire it for a few minutes. ...