Notre Dame de Paris
Notre Dame - view from our picnic spot
All this sightseeing is darn hard work! 
Alain and his little brother Amadou
Row, row, row your boat (and pray we don't fall in)...We only stopped briefly in Paris on this visit, it was just enough time to hang out with Alain's brother Amadou and his lovely new wife Kadidia, before they fly out to Central Africa on a Red Cross mission.
Even though our stay was only brief, we did have a lovely time. We arrived in Paris at about 7am, and by 10am we were in a park and had hired a row boat (which was supposed to be for 4 people, we had 6!). All was going well until Alain and Madou decided to change positions, then the boat started rocking violently and it totally freaked the kids out (and me too), thank God we didn't fall in!
The next day we walked from Amadou's apartment near Place de la Bastille, along the Seine all the way down to Notre Dame de Paris. It was wonderful stroll with lots of beautiful things to look at. Once we were down there we found a nice little position in a park opposite the cathedral and had a picnic while the kids terrorized the pigeons.
Later that day we caught the TGV train (which we very nearly missed, but thats a whole other story) down to Montpellier in the south of France, to spend time with Alain's folks.
WELL its about bloody time you updated this blog MISSY!!!! ive been waiting i thought i missed the plane or something??? Whats the haps with the hairy husband by the way. DONt tELL ME he's not gonna shave till the trip is over???? Weather looks nice over there at the moment.. HOw are the kids dealing with all the flights and travelling around??? Loving ths blog thing feels like im on holiday to. bu it feels like its all going really fast??? hehehe HELL and i aint even there funny... Love ya guys
ReplyDeleteAlain hasn't shaved since we were in Noosa, and he reckons he's not going to shave again until we get back to Australia... So, we'll just have to wait and see.
ReplyDeleteKids are great and are handling the travel REALLY well.
We've been gone for a month already. It's going way too fast...
Luff to you and your whanau. xxx
well that was too god damn easy wasn't it!!! geez am I blonde or what.
ReplyDeleteAs I mentioned before LOVIN' the bloggin...well done with the writing and the selection of pics...although don't know how much more of the hairy man I can cope with!!! Still you're getting the brunt of it!
Love to you Alain and the kiddlies...xxx