Oxford Day trip A nice day trip out to Oxford to see the town. There was a tour guide with our group, but unfortunately I lost them. Nevermind obviously needed time wandering by myself.

Royal Kew Gardens With a day off work, the tubes not running I decided to head over to Kew Gardens on the overland train. A quick walk from the station and I was there. Royal Kew Gardens is HUGE! Different areas and styles of planting, glasshouses (many of them), grass, trees, water and not too many people. I went on a tour of the gardens that lasted an hour and took us on a journey through a small part of the gardens, adding in the historical aspect...

Paris - 8th to 10th October We took the Eurostar across England, under the English Channel and across France directly into the heart of Paris, late on Friday afternoon. Despite ducking and dodging the rain drops, Melanie and I easily found our hotel. Up nice and early on Saturday we ate our fill at the buffet breakfast of crossaints, then headed out to explore Paris. As we were in the North part of the city we headed up to the Sacre Coeur, were hassele...