We are all safely home. I wondered yesterday when I said I would write a concluding post today whether I would have anything to write about given it would just be the flight but there was some action (as there always seems to be on flights). Michael and I were settled into our seats when the airhostess approached me to ask whether I would mind swapping seats. The reason was that my seat was the only...

Not a very 'Romantic' day today. Males went to cricket together. That was by choice. Ladies went shopping (again). Sorry Bryan & Sharon - I don't think Lara has any money left. I hope you weren't expecting a present of any sort from her! Besides commenting on how much they spent, I can't really tell you much (or anything) about the ladies day as I only overlapped with them for about 45 minutes at the flat...

The problem with writing a daily blog is that when I am too tired to write it because I have worked the whole day everyone asks "What happened to the blog". Well that is why yesterday's blog is coming this morning. The additional problem I have is that there is not much to say because I went to work and the rest of the bunch basically went shopping it seems. The tubes are getting a touch...

This morning we headed to Cambridge for the day. Of course the best way to get to Cambridge cheaply and easily is to take the train. On route Michael made a few choice comments about one of our blog readers (no name will be mentioned Yvonne) who is definitely wrong about how good the public transport is. Now as you all know, teenagers know everything so that pretty much settles it. London does have a great...

Today we closed the circle on a number of things. Firstly, the rainy weather returned. It rained quite hard this morning and was relatively cool again. I believe CT is freezing cold so I am not complaining even though I can't believe it is meant to mid-summer here. Secondly, we took the Duck Tour. These are amphibious vehicles. You might want to ask how they are part of my 'closing of the circle'. Well they were...

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'....