Field Trippers

Our last day. We got up and had a good breakfast at the hotel, packed up our bags and checked out. We left our bags at the hotel because the bus was going to pick us up later. It was hot and sunny. We set off to Sentosa Island on the MRT (metro) and headed for the Luge ride. The first luge was in Rotorua! It was really cool driving the little luge cars. When we got to the bottom we caught the sky ride back up, and did it again and again! When we had used all our tickets up we went to get tickets for the butterfly and insect house. While we were doing this it started to rain, really hard and then he thunder and lightening started! It was a bit scary. We ... read more

We all like Singapore and it was a beautiful warm and sunny morning when we arrived, 29 degrees. None of us slept so we were all a bit sleepy and tired. We had a bus at the airport to take us to our hotel, which had changed to what was on our itennary. We waited for about an hour while some more people on the stopover package gathered then we were off to our hotel, this time it was the Peninsula Excelsior Hotel, it is flash! It has a cool pool in the lobby that has a glass side! Because we were so early ( it was about 8.30am when we arrived our room was not ready), so we left our bags and walked up to Chinatown. It was quiet, not that many people around and ... read more

Our last day in the south of France. And almost heading home! today we woke and had a yummy breakfast in the Hotels breakfast room, there was fresh fruit (strawberries and kiwi fruit) and crepes with chocolate sauce, as well as the normal eggs, bacon, cheese, breads and pastries. After breakfast we checked out of the hotel but left our bulging backpacks for collection later on. We walked along the harbour front past the daily fresh fish markets, there was even some live octopus! It was quite smelly and very hot. We found the little white train/bus and decided to take a sightseeing trip around Marseille. The little train took us around the other side of the harbour, along the coast and thru the narrow streets to the church on the hillside that we had seen ... read more

We headed down to the beach after breakfast for a swim before the Tour De France started. We hopped in to the lovely blue water and swam for about an hour. There were heaps more people today and lots of tents and viewing boxes everywhere. At midday we went up to find a place to see the race. I got a spot in front, where the race was due to finish. We waited for nearly three hours, it was really hot. There were a few cyclists that were racing before the proper time trial started and there was a parade of the sponsors, the water one squirted water out of a big hose at the crowd. When the time trials started I tried to take photos of them passing but they were so fast it was ... read more

Today we had a long train ride from Paris to Nice. We were on the train for nearly 6 hours! We think it is about 1000km. But the time went quite quickly. We had a table so dad and I played cards. The countryside leaving Paris is full of large paddocks of green, brown and lavender, there is lots of hay, vineyards and lavender Fields. It is pretty. When we got to the coast you could see the blue sparkly water and lots of boats. It is hot and sunny. We arrived at Nice and managed to find our hotel, only about 10 mins walk from the station, then walked down towards the beach front. Most of the shops were open even though it is Sunday and there are lots of people around, all with bikinis ... read more