“We love Paris, in the Springtime....”

After returning the campervan to Munich with 3,350km’s on its clock, we took an overnight train (last Tuesday night) to Paris. Mike gave a seminar at ESSEC and they kindly put us up in a nice furnished apartment for two nights, right at the Arc de Triomphe, a 100m from the top of the Champs des Elysees. On Wednesday we had a massive day (walking >10km), down the CdE, to the Louvre (Tom was desperate to see the Mona Lisa), then we tried in vain to find the restaurant where we got engaged (on 18 Dec 1993), but unlike our marriage, it does not appear to have endured! So, after lunch, we continued down the Seine then crossed over to Notre Dame (which Rob declared was the last church he is visiting on this trip). On Friday Mike spent the day at ESSEC and Lee-Ann and the boys had a picnic under the Eiffel Tower. On Friday evening we flew to London where we were greeted by our old and dear friends, Craig and Marijke (and Josh and Dan), with whom we are staying. So, after nearly 3 months its Au Revoir to continental Europe and if the BA strike gets called off at some stage, it might be gidday USA a week from now....watch this space!