We met up with Sarah and Joel from Amsterdam today! Hi guys! We all went to the Cluny museum.... wow! I am almost all museum'd out.... welll......
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There was so much stuff! My faves: Illuminations, Lady and the unicorn tapestries, more architecture.

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It is halloween and apparently France does it big like the US.
Saw some kids on the metro going to a party. Speaking of the metro.... don't try it at about 4.30-5.00pm. Squishy worse than sardines. The doors would not shut half the time. I thought we were full and still they squished in at the stops!!!
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Today got to 3 deg C while we were out... and it rained! (if only we could channel all this water to Australia...)
We went to the Petit Palais, with lots of works of art from antiquity to modern. Lots of medieval and renaissance stuff i have not seen before...
hmmm...

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If we are lucky it will get to 4 degC (feels like 0) and it is currently 2degC (feels like -3!!) I have a sore throat.... not sure if we will be going out today....

We had pre-bought a 2-day, 2-park pass... now regretting it. I am all Disney'd out.... sugar is sickly sweet.
I am also bugged as many of the rides I wanted to go on, were not recommended for my bad back that has been playing up horrendously this week.
The cold weather today did not help. It was 0 degC this morning. I think we nudged 4 deg C at the ( Read more... )

After spending up big last week with the adventure parks... this week is the 'find the free sightseeing' quest.
Today we managed to get to the Pere Lachaise cemetery. Many famous people are buried here, such as Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde,  Chopin,

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We went to the Louvre and met up with
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Today was the next amusement park day....
Parc Asterix - or Asterix Park... for those who don't know of Asterix and Obellix... shame...
It is a french comic and very good.
some pics... cos the internet keeps freezing up... argh...

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Today was a looonnnngg day. My feet are sore from over 10 hours of walking. We learnt a little more about how the train/Metro system works from a cheeky French guy working at the train station near Disneyland. He was surprised that Australians use metres and km.... and told us some nice places to visit in France....

The trip in was uneventful. The ( Read more... )

when we wanted to sleep, the crow across the way was snoozing.... but staying up has helped to relieve some of the jet lag...


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