France

Bonjour All, apologies for the delay in posting but we have been quite busy. Since our last update we have visited the Lourve, the Effiel Tower, Versailles, the Arc de Triumph and a couple of other art galleries. Climbing the Effiel Tower was great fun and it provided us with sensational views of Paris and some much needed exercise (after london). The Musee de Orsay was quite spectacular, housing the best of impressionalist art from Monet, Pissario, Van Gogh and others. The techniques used were very impressive showing just how talented such artists were. The De Orsay was far superior to the more famous Lourve, which a part from Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo was quite average (we prefer the National Gallery in Canberra). The gardens within the Chateu of Versailles provided some of the best sculptures we have seen in Europe so far, particularly of Encaladus which was a sculpture of a gold man struggling to break free from being buried in a pool of rocks. This was the only sculpture so far I felt I could relate to somewhat !

Tomorow marks our last day in Paris before we head off to Amsterdam, so stay tunned for some "interesting" upcoming blogs !

Au reviour

Evening All, todays update comes from a very wet Paris. It seems everywhere we go, rain follows us. It bucked down when we left England and so far Paris has been the same (no global warming over here!). After our West End show, our sensational host Josh and old mate Ollie took us around some of the night spots that London has to offer, which included: a bowling alley with kareoke rooms, a bar, a dj and a cinema; a club called shunt under London Bridge, which was absolutley massive filled with art exhibitions, old trucks, a table tennis table and even a mini theatre; a rock and roll pub; and by far the best, an Itallian restauraunt with a Frank Sinatra impersonator singing whilst walking around the tables where people were eating. All showed how poor both Canberra and Adelaide's night scene are. However having all these great places comes at a cost, a lot of alcohol is cosumed by all and Amelia and I both felt our belts tighten somewhat. They amount the Poms drink cerainly put the Aussie's to shame. As for Paris, we have seen the Notre Dame (filled with tacky soveniers throughout such as prayer cards and candles), the concierge and the effiel tower from a distance (we will go closer when the rain stops). Oh yeah, we have already eaten crepes, crossiants and baquettes so all we have to try now are frog legs, snails and foie gras (whatever that is).

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