We all enjoyed a good night’s sleep after another late night out in Paris.  Ate some fresh baguettes and jam for breakfast and packed up our room after 4 nights in the one place; the longest we have stayed anywhere since leaving Sweden.  In order to leave the hostel we had to pack our car and exit the car park of the hostel but there were 5 cars parked in the tiny carpark...

On our last day of sightseeing in Paris we walked from Notre-Dame to the beautiful Jardin de Luxembourg, a massive park in the city.  As we made our way into the park, looking for somewhere to sit, the boys made a beeline for the water to watch the sailing boats.  We had to join in the fun – for 2 Euro (for 1/2 hour) you could hire a small wooden sailing boat to launch on...

No visit to Paris is complete without going to the Eiffel Tower.  I met up with Steve and the boys here in the afternoon and we walked the 700 stairs up to the 2nd level.  On the 2nd level you can then pay extra money to catch the lift but the line was still so long that we decided we really didn’t need to go to the top.  We had a wonderful time on the 2nd level and the...

Here is a photo journey of our time in Paris, France at the Arc de Triumphe, Obelisk, Avenue de Champs Elysees, the Lourve, Musee d’Orsay, Sacre Coeur, Notre-Dame, Jardin de Luxembourg (park) and Galleries Lafayette (mall).

A bridge, along the boulevard to the Musee d’Orsay, that is covered with hundreds of old and new keyed locks for couples.  How sweet!

I woke early to say goodbye to Christelle before she headed off to work early.  It was fabulous catching up with her after so many years.  Whilst it would have been amazing to meet her three boys, we were grateful that we could use their bedroom in their absence.  I received an email from an old friend in Australia a couple of weeks ago saying she would be in Paris this...

We explored the internet the night before to work out what we would like to do in Brussel on our big day out.  My friend Christelle was going to be our guide/translator for the day.  We decided to drive but when we hit some slow traffic at roadworks just out of Brussel I wondered whether the train might have been the better option.  Finally the traffic got moving and we...

We were headed to Fleron, Liege, Belgium to visit my old friend Christelle.  We had not seen each other for 18 years so it was fantastic to be able to meet again.  We drove from Luxembourg to Fleron, via the city of Liege. Just before leaving Luxembourg we filled up the car with diesel since it is about 15 cents cheaper per litre in Luxembourg!  We could have also stocked...

Lovely lovely Luxembourg.  It was great to be able to see this beautiful city and country with my friend Judit as our guide. We went for a drive around the city with Judit pointing out all the major attractions.  We didn’t stop to get out and about because we were headed for Vianden; a small town north of Luxembourg city.

We arrived in Vianden and parked the car so we could...

You know when you get to the end of a year and you think ‘Where did that year go?’  My greatest fear before we embarked on our journey was that we would get to the end of our year and we would feel it went too fast.  Well, this day makes the half way point of our round the world adventure and we are all still alive and well and it feels like it is moving at just the right...