We had a first today for the holiday. NO RAIN!! We had to get up at 6:30am this morning in order to have breakfast and then take a taxi to Gare du Nord. We had booked a taxi that was big enough for all of us and our luggage. It was meant to arrive at 7:15 but by 7:25 there was no sign of it. It eventually pitched up just as we had flagged down two...

We are now on the train out of France and I thought I would write an additional blog post on our thoughts about France and the French. We feel we are pretty experienced now that we have been here for 10 days.  So here are some random thoughts: The French are a nation of farmers. We drove around for 5 days through the countryside and there is hardly an open space. Everything is consumed by farmland....

Yes, you guessed it, 15 out of 15. Though when it did rain today it did not affect us. It is definitely the best weather we have had in Paris today. And for those of you who didn't know, it is Bastille Day in France. We thought we would chance it and head for the Musee d'Orsay and hoped that the crowds would not be there as well. When we left the hotel we wondered where...

14 days, 14 days of rain. Not kidding. Got caught twice today in the rain. Both times decided to take the Metro back rather. Fortunately the one Metro stop is right opposite the hotel so that makes life very simply once you have figured out how the Metro works. This morning we (aka Helen) decided to go shopping. I considered staying behind from the start but thought that would be anti-social so I went along for...

13 days, and yes, you have it, 13 days of rain. This afternoon I made the fatal mistake of remarking to Helen that the rain in Paris had not affected us as we had been in the hotel every time it rained. Not so this evening though. I don't think I have ever been overseas and had 13 days of straight rain. Must be global warming or as one of my Facebook friends said 'Global cooling'....

12 days, 12 days of rain. We woke up this morning and it was grey and England looking outside (dreary that is). But by the time we went for breakfast the sun was out and it was looking like a nice day. So back to Plan A which was to take the open top bus tour around Paris today. We eventually found the collection stop and made it onto a bus. It gave a good overview...

Just to keep up our perfect record it rained today for about 1 minute. Things seem to be improving slightly weather wise as we are down to 1 minute of rain from 24 hours when we were in Cornwall. It was overcast most of the day but generally quite pleasant weather. We left Fontainebleau this morning and decided to go to Versailles on the way into Paris. It seemed like a good plan at the time...

10 days down and 10 to go. Hard to believe we are 1/2 way through the holiday. And that would also make it 10 days of rain as well. Today was the best day i.t.o. weather though as it only rained for about 2-3 minutes this morning while driving (but it did still rain). We left Amboise this morning at about 9:45am and planned to find a supermarket to buy some breakfast to avoid eating pastries...

Someone commented that all we seem to be doing is eating and walking in the rain. That isn't entirely true, we also have done a lot of driving in the rain. And today that held true again as we set out from Mont Saint Michel to drive to Amboise in the Loire Valley.  It is a 4 hour 15 minute drive - or at least it is the way we went. The GPS was trying to...

When in Normandy, besides seeing Mont Saint Michel, there is one other major thing to do. And that is visit the beaches of Omaha, Gold, Juno, Sword and Utah. If that isn't enough of a hint then add in 6 June 1944 and hopefully you have it by now. The D-Day beaches. After having breakfast at a nearby Cafe and not being ripped off this time (see we are quick learners), we headed up north to...