Getting to Vence

Getting to Vence

Although train travel is pretty good here, there are some quirks to travelling by train throughout Europe. Leaving Paris early in the morning we travelled separately to the train station but caught up together for breakfast.  Given that we were bioth travelling to...
Paris by Alastair

Paris by Alastair

Friday the 22nd of December 2017 Paris, a 10 year old blog By guest blogger Alastair Campbell ? enjoy reading ? Today we woke up and walked down to the breakfast room. The Ingrams were already there. We got some drinks and grabbed some food. We sat down and ate our...
Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower

Huge iron pylons twisted above my head connecting into the first floor. I was in awe-struck. Standing in front of me was one of the worlds most well known buildings in the world. If you didn’t already guess standing front of me was the Eiffel Tower. The tower...
Versailles

Versailles

If ever there was an advertisement for opulence, excess and ego the Palace of Versailles would surely feature. Modified, or rather extended, by a succession of pompous egomaniacs it is perhaps no surprise that the people of France revolted. We set of for Versailles on...