PARIS!

 

 

More trip photos!

 

What a wonderful time we had in Paris!!

First we had to find an eatery... they were everywhere!

LOL.. Hannah always closes her eyes!   But nevertheless, the three waiting for their meal.
We had a sing songy very theatrical French man waiting on us... quite funny!

 



Eiffel Tower

 

 Paige stag-jumped her way though Europe!

 

 

We decided to take the stairs as the lifts packed like sardines in soaring heat just didn't appeal!

Talking Hannah into it was the next challenge!

We only waited 10 mins to start climbing... so not the wait we'd been told.

Looking up was pretty daunting!

 

Okay... so Hannah got to the first flight of stairs and her feet glued to the spot and there was no way we could convince her keep going. She was so disappointed in herself, and thought she'd let us down (which is silly as we know how courageous she can be) and Meaghan took her back down...

Here's a bit of a 'Where's Wally', but we looked down from a few flights up and could see them, they are right in the middle - Meaghan has a white top on and Hannah with a backpack standing together.

 

So Paige, dh and I advance to the 2nd storey and a bit of a look around

 

 

What a surprise we got when we arrived back down to the first floor to see Meaghan and Hannah standing there.  Meaghan managed to coerce her up, so another triumph for Hannah! She was so proud of herself, and Meaghan said it wasn't easy - but so worth it!  She wouldn't go any further up  though..

YAY!

 

 

Down we went... Hannah being flanked by her sisters.

 

 

And out at the bottom!

Back on our 'hop on hop off' bus... an open-top double decker!
Best way to get around!

 

Our map... for the bus

 

 

The Paris Opera

 

Isn't it grand!

Decades ago, I had a picture taken here in the same arabesque... this is spooky!

 

 

 

 

The Louvre

The older part...

The newer part...

From the inside

 

Looking up...

 

 

And of course...
Mona Lisa

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notre Dame

 

 

 

Bridge of Locks.... where people buy locks and clip them onto the bridge...some are engraved, friend, lovers etc....  It must weigh a ton!

Seine River Evening Cruise, it was so relaxing... and picturesque

Our time in Paris finished with a Carousel Ride along with a lot of eaten crepes!

 

 

 xx

England Part Two

 

 

While Paige and I was on our "Downton Abbey' Tour,  Dh, Meaghan and Hannah had some adventures of their own...

 

First stop......

 

MADAME TUSSAUDS!

 

 

Julia Roberts

Emma Watson

Nicole Kidman

And because Paige wasn't with them....

They had to promise to take a photo One Direction for her!!!

Apparently there was a long line of teens waiting to see!

 

Even Shrek made the waxworks!



Einstein! 

 

 

Robin Williams!

Bolt!

Princess Diana

The Beetles

 

 

Beyoncé 

Christina Aguilera


 

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Then off to the

 

M&M Store

 

which was 4 storeys of M&M products.

The three were overwhelmed the moment they stepped in the door!

 

It was a mega-hit of in-coming stimulus!

 

 

 

Touring off some more...

to the

 

Tower Bridge

 

 

With another day gone, we then set off to where Meaghan lives near the middle of England...

 but to the east.  Its two streets over from the sea.

 

Outside her home... its three storeys high... she's just locking up...

On the double decker bus... up top

 

Arriving at the over-night ferry that the five of us travelled on to Brugge in Belgium on our way to Paris.

 

I worked so hard to find a solution to meet up with Jenneke in the Netherlands, but it just didn't work out -it was so disappointing to us both..... but we will make sure on our next trip!

In our cabin for five!



  

 

Dinner and Breakfast was all we could eat!  It was delicious and they looked after Hannah's gluten/dairy free diet very well too.

 

 

Finally we arrived at Brugge, Belgium



 

And our next part of the journey begins...

 

Will update about that soon!