My last day in beautiful Paris. Terry wanted to visit her aerial circus colleague from Bristol, Nina, who now lives in Paris and has developed a love of (being bendy), contortion. John accompanied her. I took myself off to see … Continue reading →

Our major touristy event today – a cruise on the tree-lined Canal St-Martin and then along the Seine. We floated past a swing bridge, two locks and went under the Bastille tunnel, crossing the Arsenal Marina, arriving at the Seine … Continue reading →

Our first stop, Rue Mouffetard, a pedestrianised street in the 5th arrondisement, which Parisians call ‘la mouffe’, is one of the oldest and picturesque streets of Paris. There has been a road here since the Romans were in town, 2000 … Continue reading →