Paris

Well we've come to the country famous for the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe and of course those Fromage eating surrender monkeys. Yes that's right we are in France.

The flight was a bit of a saga, well more the shuttle from the airport. They somehow didn't get our reservation and we were left stranded some 80kms out of Paris. We had to arrange a special shuttle for ourselves which cost us €60 (about $110..... ouch!) We got to the hotel about 12.30am so it was straight to bed.

We awoke to find that our hotel, which wasn't too bad for a 1 star hotel, was only a 5 min walk from the Louvre and our day tour started from just around the corner. So after scoffing a very large baguette each we headed out to the Louvre and jumped on the tour bus.

We took in most of the usual sights and climbed to the first floor of the Eiffel Tower. Weather was a bit poor as it rained on and off but that didn't dampen our spirits. The tour bus had 4 different routes. The main one took in all the usual attractions, another went to Bastille (which isn't there anymore so what was the point????). The third went to Montmartre where we climbed the steps of the Sacre Coeur (basically a big church with an awesome view of paris.... when it isn't raining). The last went to Montparnasse which again we did but didn't really have a lot to offer.

Over the two days we took a heap of photos and yes once again we have an internet connection with no access to put photos onto it. We promise by this time next week we will have a photo on here for each day.

While in Paris we also took in the White McDonald's arch on the Champs Elysees. Supposedly it is the only McDonalds in the world where the archs are white. Possibly the best thing I've seen so far :)

Food wise we had baguettes, crepes, creme brulees and croissants. No frog legs or snails, we weren't that game.

A Bientot